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Ainsworth triples down on a good thing with sweet zone xtreme By Frank Legato For years, fans of slot games produced by Australia’s Ainsworth Game Technologies numbered one particular game series among their favorites. Called Sweet Zone, the games are woven around a central wild-symbol feature that can result in some gargantuan credit wins. “The […]
Answering reader questions about the hot and cold nature of slots By John Grochowski Sometimes slot players write to ask how games work. Sometimes they write just to tell their stories. And sometimes they write to tell stories of slot-playing experiences that sparked their questions. Let’s look at some of the recent questions that have […]
New games and new bonus rounds coming in 2017 By John Grochowski In a slot world where games are designed to be entertaining, interactive experiences that keep you coming back for more, bonus events are the centerpieces. Win or lose, you can have a good time if you get to play the bonus games a […]
AGS uses its new Orion cabinet to bring out the best in the new PowerXStream game River Dragons By Frank Legato When you encounter the new River Dragons slot game from AGS, some features may be familiar if you’re a fan of the slot-maker’s games. There’s the PowerXStream setup, in which the reels are […]
G2E offers a glimpse at millennial-focused skill-based gaming for the casino floor By Benjamin Marx WALKING THROUGH THE SPRAWLING AND crowded floor of the Global Gaming Expo, the yearly Las Vegas convention showcasing the very latest in casino innovations, one can’t help but be overwhelmed by the thousands of new slot machines and table […]
Gimme that old-time slot play By Frank Legato Recently, I was at the big casino-industry trade show in Las Vegas, which is where we all put on suits, and do “roundtable discussions,” and look at new slot machines. Sometimes, we even have roundtable discussions about new slot machines. Always with the suits on. Even […]
The bad, the in-between and the good By Frank Scoblete In the October issue I discussed the bad experiences many slot players have had in their attempts to conquer Lady Luck. This issue I’ll take you into the world of players who have had in-between experiences; kind of good, kind of bad at the […]
Our annual review of your favorite slots— and the casinos that offer them! By Frank Legato, & John Grochowski The world’s major slot-machine manufacturers are busy designing new styles of games that will impact slot floors significantly over the coming years. Games where skill is a factor in winning money will take various forms over […]
Slot players are at the center of casino profits— and perks By John Grochowski Today’s casinos are so slot-machine centric that it can be difficult to imagine a time when slot players weren’t a desired demographic, a target of comps, perks and special offers to keep us coming back. Meal comps? Free rooms? Those […]
Football contests can be a great slot club perk By H. Scot Krause Casinos and football are like peanut butter and jelly. They just fit together. And whether or not you are a regular sports better, one nice slot club perk is being able to join in the football contests— many of them for […]