Up until the late 2000s, it was common to see dozens of slots workers at major casinos. Back then, you’d see casino employees scuttling around doing hand payouts (over $1,199), taking care of VIPs, taking change from machines, and exchanging cash for quarters. But look out across any slot machine floor today, and you’ll see …
Coin-Based Slot Machines are Going Extinct – Here’s Why
Even after IGT released the first ticket-in-ticket-out (TITO) slot machines in 2000, coin-based slots continued to dominate casino floors. That’s changed greatly, though, with very few coin-operated slots found on Las Vegas gaming floors today. The LA Times reports that of Vegas’ $50.5 billion in slots revenue last year, less than 3% of it came …
Arcade-Style Gambling Coming to New Jersey
With so much talk in the gaming world these days about skill-based slots and eSports tournaments, it seems that New Jersey has snuck one by everybody by announcing the addition of arcade-style gambling next month. Three Caesars Entertainment casinos in Atlantic City – Caesars, Harrah’s and Bally’s – will offer Danger Arena, a first-person shooter …
How Will Casino Esports Tournaments Affect Slots?
Land-based casinos have been doing things differently these days because casino games don’t attract as many young players. And Gamblit Gaming thinks that they have a solution: esports tournaments. Esports have gained lots of popularity among young people, who enjoy using their skill to win tournament prize money. Gamblit thinks that if they can bring …
Wynn Casino Will Oppose Boston Area Slots Parlor
Wynn Resorts is busy laying the foundation for their future Boston area casino. But a new problem is on the horizon for Wynn in the form of a proposed single slots parlor. An international developer wants to build a slots parlor in Revere – a Boston suburb – and they plan to fight a Massachusetts …
Germany Has No Problem Getting Millennials to Play Slots
Much has been made about how American millennials aren’t playing slot machines. But according to a YouGuv survey, German millennials are the exact opposite because they love slots. Commissioned by Deutscher Spielbankenverband (DSbV), YouGuv’s research shows that 33% of the country’s 80.6 million residents have placed a casino bet at least once in their lifetime. …