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Re-inventing the Wheel By Frank Legato For the first time in recent memory, here is a Bally game that has players literally lined up to play. Crowds two and three deep are bunched around this game wherever it is placed. “This game’s a hammer.” That’s how Mike Mitchell, vice president of game development […]
Video games and slot machines converge to create a new casino experience By Rob Wiser The impact of video gaming has not been lost on slot manufacturers. It’s impossible not to notice how the machines have shifted towards flashier, arcade-style presentations, with plasma screens, booming speaker systems and sophisticated graphics. With titles such as […]
Thanks to WMS Gaming’s “Ruby Slippers,” we’re off to see the Wizard—again by Frank Legato “Back in 1939, one of the reasons the original film resonated with movie-goers was the fantasy escape it offered to a public weary of the Great Depression, the misery of which would hang in the air for two more […]
How Understanding your personality will help you make the best slot-playing choices by Bill Burton I recently attended a seminar given by the company that manages my 401K retirement plan. The meeting started with all of us filling out a questionnaire that would help determine the type of investors we were. The questions were […]
How the casinos make your senses tingle… all six of them by Frank Scoblete There are five physical senses through which we relate to our surroundings every day—touch, taste, smell, vision and hearing. There is also a sixth sense that some people claim we have—the sense of intuition, some will call it; others will […]
The industry’s top manufacturers unveil their latest innovations By Rob Wiser If you want to peer into the future of casinos, look no further than the slot floor. While the most popular table games have remained virtually the same for decades, each year brings eye-popping innovations, clever new concepts and technological breakthroughs to the […]
Twenty years after the introduction of the “virtual reel” slot machine, the myths about how slots operate continue by Frank Legato For most of the 20th century, the slot machine was pretty much the same. Three reels spun around, prompted first by springs loaded in a handle and later by electrical switches. Where those reels […]
Forget the myths that abound in casinos by Frank Legato Millions and millions of words have been written over the years of the modern history of slot machines on how to find the “loose slots” on the floor. It was this magazine, in fact, that actually led to the notion of “loose slots,” when […]
Telling when a machine is “due to hit” is the Holy Grail of the slot world By Frank Legato It’s one of the most-asked questions among slot players: Which machines are due to hit? Or, how do I tell when a machine is due? Or, which machines are the best to play, right now? […]
Powerball takes the multiple progressive to the next level by Frank Legato We can all remember when shooting for a progressive jackpot on a slot machine was a fairly boring proposition. A progressive meant you played for the chance at a big, often life-changing jackpot—and nothing else. Outside of the potential big payoff, what you […]