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New cabinets, more progressives, more hold-and-spin games, and much more on tap in the new year By Frank Legato As we have completed a year that was as unprecedented for the casino business as any other business in the U.S., we look forward to casinos reopening—a second time, in many cases—and returning to full […]
Seeing the same kinds of features in different brands of slot machines these days carries on a tradition that goes back to the beginning By Frank Legato We’ve all seen them on the slot floor. Everywhere, there are new versions of features that, in the end, are very, very similar to those present in […]
The studies on slot play keep coming By Frank Legato I just read an article on the “Study Breaks” website titled “The Psychology Behind Slot Games.” It is yet another article that attempts to dissect our brains to reveal why it is we love slot machines, and it’s all stuff I’ve reacted to, debunked […]
Skill games continue to push into the casinos By John Grochowski Even in this tricky COVID climate, casinos and game manufacturers continue to ease toward an age of skill-based slots. And I’ll admit to having a small amount of trepidation. That’s age-related, of course. In my college years, the games at the back of […]
Our annual review of your favorite casinos for slots Across the country, slot machine manufacturers of all shapes and sizes are perpetually hard at work conceptualizing, designing and developing new games that will – they hope – significantly impact slot floors over the coming years. This is especially important under the current conditions, where COVID-19 […]
The age-old adage that higher wagers lead to higher wins is still valid, but with important conditions By Frank Legato Slot lovers for the better part of a century have been able to count on one truism—the more you bet, the more you can win. While that is still true, there are certain provisos […]
The hold-and-re-spin game mechanic is ubiquitous among the coming year’s new slot games By Frank Legato The history of the slot machine is steeped in trends that have been reprised in various forms by the major slot manufacturers. In the 1970s and 1980s, the trend was in progressive jackpots—the top jackpot on a game […]
Do you understand how slot payback percentages really work? By John Grochowski It was a quiet Monday morning and I was strolling down the aisle of a casino, dollar slots to my left, video poker to my right. A voice rose over the background hum — not that difficult in this relatively quiet corner, […]
No, that player didn’t steal your jackpot By Frank Legato If the popular Discovery Channel series MythBusters (now streaming on Hulu) ever tackled the subject of slot machines, it would have a rich vein from which to draw subject matter. The slot machine represents one of the most misunderstood pieces of technology to ever […]
Gamblers are always in search of paradise By Frank Scoblete What follows will relate directly to slot machines and slot players so hang in there: There are two biblical creation stories, one where men and women are created at exactly the same moment on the sixth day which is the initial creation story, and […]