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Books have been written on this subject, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still on-going – more than 60 yrs after slots were 1st installed in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machines were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be possessed to come into the casino … play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer so.

The majority of the mega casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any of the doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.

What casinos found over the years is that people walking down the busy aisles were frequently on the way to somewhere else. If they played the slots at all, they would simply put in their loose change because they happened to be walking by. Win or lose, they would very often not stop to keep playing. And the last thing a casino wants is for someone to win a jackpot by playing only a few coins and then not stay to put it all back in!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.