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Books have been written on this matter, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still passionate – over sixty years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the superior slot games were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the large casinos today are mammoth complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doorways.
Another standard rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, we find that this also isn’t a universal rule any more.
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 slot games 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 very 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
