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Books have been written on this subject, and the bickering and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are positioned in a casino are still happening - 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the most favorable slots were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players passing by would see jackpot winners ... be captivated to come into the casino ... play. Our feeling is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the large casinos these days are humongous complexes and now you can't see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the 'loose' slot machine games close-by any doors.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably 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 slot machine 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 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 one armed bandits.