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Books have been written on this subject, and the conflict and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still raging – more than sixty yrs after the slot machines were first installed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the better slots were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be challenged to come into the casino and play. Our feeling is that this is definitely no longer so.

Just about all of the mega casinos today are magnificent complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any exits.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, we find that this also is not 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 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.

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