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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 […]
Understanding Slots by John Robison The god in the machine. That’s what Frank Scoblete calls the slot machine’s Random Number Generator (RNG) in his book Break the One-Armed Bandits. Like Zeus on Mount Olympus, the RNG is the arbiter of your fate at the slot machine. The RNG determines whether your spin will result […]
Reel ’Em In Entertaining characters, a great bonus and a new kind of slot game put WMS Gaming in the big time by Frank Legato Once in a while in the slot business, all the stars align for one manufacturer in a single game that changes both the manufacturer and the gaming industry itself. […]
WMS introduces “sensory-immersion gaming” with its amazing new “Top Gun” slot machine by Frank Legato At first glance, it looks like a normal enough video slot machine. There is dramatic artwork on a high-rise cabinet, with movie-style artwork and a familiar title blazoned across the top. But wait until you sit down. Sit in […]
You have to get to know which slots are faster by Frank Scoblete I am sure that readers of this magazine are well aware of the fact that the higher the denomination of the machine, the better chance those machines are looser than the ones below them. This fact has a law attached to […]
Bally Technologies celebrates its 75th anniversary—looks to the future by Frank Legato For any slot player, the logo is like an old friend. We can spot the red, cursive letters from across the room: “Bally.” In fact, for possibly the majority of Americans alive today, it is an iconic logo that will conjure memories […]