{"id":3006,"date":"2016-10-31T19:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2016-11-02T20:07:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T00:07:10","slug":"will-video-games-replace-slot-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/will-video-games-replace-slot-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Video Games Replace Slot Machines?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/video-games-replace-slots-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"video-games-replace-slots\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/video-games-replace-slots-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/video-games-replace-slots.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>With all of the news about casinos changing the traditional slots format to attract younger customers, it&#8217;s clear that slot machines are set for a major evolution. But will this evolution include completely phasing out slots in favor of video games?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kevinanderton\/2016\/10\/15\/casinos-might-replace-slot-machines-with-video-game-machines-infographic\/#31055a73509e\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forbes<\/a> writer Kevin Anderton recently examined this issue, and he thinks that the answer is &#8216;yes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Anderton points out how slot-machine revenue has declined in American casinos lately because the core customer is 50 years or older. This is a problem when considering that most people who visit Las Vegas are under the age of 50.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more from the Forbes column:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Today\u2019s young adults are used to a more sophisticated level of video entertainment. Pushing a button and just waiting to find out if you won or not is not enough entertainment for a lot of millennials. The number of visitors to Las Vegas that spend time gambling has dropped more than 15% in the past few years and millennials are gambling way less than other generations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A month ago, we reported that GameCo. is currently developing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/arcade-style-gambling-coming-to-new-jersey\/\">gambling arcade game<\/a> called Danger Arena. This machine will see players bet between $0.50 and $20.00 to blast as many bad guys as they can before the time limit runs out.<\/p>\n<p>This is only the first attempt by the casino industry to use video games as a serious gambling draw. So if anything does happen, then these Video Game Gambling Machines (VGMs) won&#8217;t become the norm for years.<\/p>\n<p>But I have to admit that betting on your video-game skills sounds like a really fun concept.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Danger Arena, a first-person game that&#8217;s similar to <em>Call of Duty<\/em>, other proposed genres will include: racing, fighting, sports, puzzle games, hidden object, match 3, and MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena).<\/p>\n<p>Again, I doubt that if a revolution does take place where slots become obsolete, it won&#8217;t be happening in the immediate future. But the following infograph that Anderton presents does make you think:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/future-of-slot-machines-398x1024.jpg\" alt=\"future-of-slot-machines\" width=\"398\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/future-of-slot-machines-398x1024.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/future-of-slot-machines-117x300.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/future-of-slot-machines-768x1978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/future-of-slot-machines.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all of the news about casinos changing the traditional slots format to attract younger customers, it&#8217;s clear that slot machines are set for a major evolution. But will this evolution include completely phasing out slots in favor of video games? Forbes writer Kevin Anderton recently examined this issue, and he thinks that the answer &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,12],"tags":[775,774,241,776,773],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3012,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}