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Server Based Slots of the Future

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-i-said-slots-i-promise dept.

prostoalex writes "The slot machines of the future won't be dumb one-armed bandits anymore, CNet reports. New generation of slot machines, to be deployed in major Vegas casinos, will feature server-based gaming with games, new features and, most important, the odds being downloaded from a central server location, not determined by internal machine algorithm any more."

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  1. Improving the experience, sure by stefanb · · Score: 4, Insightful
    They won't have the ubiquitous spinning wheels of today's machines.

    Boy, when's the last time TFA's reporter has been to Las Vegas? My girlfriend and I had real trouble to find a machine that even took quarters, let alone being mechanical.

    "For instance, if on a Saturday night, they decide they'd like to change from a 94 percent pay table to a 90 percent table...right now it would take hours and hours to make that change. And now they'd be able to do that much more expeditiously."

    Ah, there we go! Just quickly change the odds behind the backs of the players so you can reek in more... and market it as "personalized" playing experience. There is no step two...

    I won't comment on the moronic reference to DoD encryption "to make it safe"...

  2. Re:Safe and secure! by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not nervous. Casinos make your average government mint look insecure by comparison.

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    TODO: Something witty here...
  3. Nothing new by rhvarona · · Score: 3, Insightful
    This is old news...

    I have implemented one of these systems. Many of the newer slot machines have been getting results from a central database for at least a decade. The results typically are generated from a few days to a few weeks in advance, which lets the casino confirm the payout percentages before making the gameset go live.

    The way to look at it though is that the Casino does not care if you win big. In fact, the casino likes big jackpots, the bigger the better, because they more than make up for in the the extra attention they get. More attention = More players = More dollars played

    They win a certain percent of every dollar played. The more dollars that get played the more they win.