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Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still there - more than 60 years after slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the superior slot machine games were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be enticed to come into the casino ... play. Our leaning is that this is no longer the case.

Nearly all of the large casinos presently are humongous complexes ... you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to put the 'loose' slot machine games near any exits.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.