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Server-based slot machines are now a reality. But are players ready? By Bill Burton I wrote an article about server-based slot machine more than five years ago. It was in April 2007 that the Nevada Gaming Regulators approved International Game Technology’s (IGT) sever-based gaming system, following the field testing of 20 machines. The server-based slots, […]
Our Favorite Games BEST OF SLOTS 2012 – This year’s results show a return to the classics in the reel-spinning genre, as well as many familiar titles in video. Bally Technologies and International Game Technology, as usual, battle it out among players to see who comes out on top in traditional reels. WMS Gaming, also […]
Our 12th annual ranking of the best of the slot world, as determined by those who know best—our readers The Best Of Slots. Everyone claims to have it. Casinos are no different than any other business in this respect. Many claim to have the best selection of slots, the best players club, the best […]
A subjective list of the top 10 slot games launched at the recent Global Gaming Expo By Frank Legato Last month, the world’s slot manufacturers descended on Las Vegas to unveil the “new model year” of slots at the Global Gaming Expo. The slot-makers use this fall trade show to display, for the slot […]
Our annual sneak peek at the new slots games coming your way in 2013—or sooner by Frank Legato In the nearly 14 years that Strictly Slots has been published, there has been one constant: every year, there has been a “New Slot Issue.” That is because each fall, the international casino industry gathers in […]
Do some slot players possess psychic powers? By Frank Scoblete What if a player—time after time—gets that “feeling” about a win they’re about to experience, or a particular machine they should play, and time after time, that person wins? Could that truly be some form of ESP? While I think there may be […]
Revealing the truth behind some of the most common slot player questions By John Grochowski Your choices do matter. Bonus round possibilities are set by a random number generator, but the decisions you make after those possibilities are set will determine the size of the bonus you receive. Way back in the late 1990s, […]
Players share their thoughts on beating the Slot machines By John Grochowski When penny slots emerged, the game manufacturers needed a way to make bonus wins big enough that players thought they were worth playing for. Games with higher volatility, and bigger payoffs, were necessary in order to make them seem worthwhile to penny […]
Which types of slot machines make the casinos more money? by Frank Scoblete Slot players are always looking for their one true love. Unlike in affairs of the heart, they want that one true love to be loose. One can take a quick glance at the slot payback tables in this issue, or […]
AGS deals out swashbuckling bonuses with “Blackbeard’s Treasure” by Frank Legato Imagine every pirate movie you’ve ever seen, from Errol Flynn’s Captain Blood to all of Johnny Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean flicks. Now imagine cramming all the action from all those films into a video slot machine as reel symbols, wins, expanded wilds, […]