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Cash Meteor BALLY TECHNOLOGIES SLOT TYPE Five-reel, 50-line video slot; wild symbol; multiple second-screen bonus events; all denominations available PAYBACK % RANGE 88.05%—95.97% AVERAGE HIT FREQUENCY 82.73% TOP JACKPOT 25,000 credits times line bet AVAILABILITY AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MI (tribal), MN, MS (tribal), MO, ND, NM, OR, SD, […]
My no-brainer strategies for staying safe at the slots—and enjoying the ride By Frank Scoblete It’s true that I prefer more conservative methods of play, as opposed to aggressive tactics in pursuit of the mega-jackpots. I consider the “pie in the sky…I’m gonna hit the BIG one!” mentality to be the type of thinking […]
Is it a slot machine, or an iPhone with a handle? Pretty soon, we’ll be able to play slots anywhere. We can get frustrated by near-misses when we’re in an elevator. We can curse and throw our iPhones against the wall when we lose. Won’t that be fun? OK, either I’m getting too old […]
IGT’s Center Stage series gives you Wheel Of Fortune like you’ve never seen it before by Frank Legato If you’re a longtime slot player, chances are you’ve played International Game Technology’s Wheel Of Fortune slot machine. Chances are you’ve played several versions of the game, in reel-spinning and video, slant-tops and uprights, small versions, and […]
How much should you bet on a slot? Many games require a certain minimum wager to activate all the features, but not all require the maximum bet. Some of the most frequent questions we receive concerning slot machines boil down to this question: “How much do I have to bet?” More often than […]
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 […]