Articles of category "Casino slot"

No other segment of the gaming industry has benefited more from the technology revolution than a slot machine. Once considered an ugly stepdaughter, placed on the gaming floor to appease the spouses of table players, the slot machine has been transformed into the fairy Princess of the gaming world. With her, she has brought a dowry of riches no one would have imagined for the casino and a few lucky players as well. Twenty years ago the slot machine accounted for thirty percent of the casinos profits. Today, it accounts for about seventy percent. Computer technology makes it possible to offer life-changing jackpots, big enough to turn a pauper into a King.

Slot machines appeal to a casual and fun loving gambler due to a possibility of landing a huge payout for little investment. For most of the 20th century, a casino slot game 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 land, when stopped by a separate mechanism, is largely a function of gravity.