New and Improved Slot Page

haha such is the genius of the slot developers. I read an article a little while back of people complaining that slot developers are making games more entertaining in an effort to get more people addicted to gambling. In my head, all i could think of was "ummmm, duh." Why would a slot developer make a game that is boring and no one wants to play.

I've read that penny slots make up more than
50% of the slots in some casinos now.

and to that i'd say, why not? Casinos bring in the largest % from them and very few of them can even be played 1 penny at a time. I've seen some with a minimum bet as high as 80 cents. To me, that's not a penny slot if you don't even have the option to bet a penny, but in the casinos eyes, its a gigantic moneymaker. If object x makes the casino a large amount of money and the players enjoy playing it, why wouldn't the casinos want to capitalize on this?

Simple business decision based on the demand of the consumers.

Quote: EvenBob

but the 1 cent machines have so many bells and whistles and the quarter machines are boring by comparison.

Precisely. The addiction is not to the quarters but to the sound of the quarters falling into the metal tray. Oh, okay....okay! We all know there are no quarters any more just "tickets" and "credits" and we all know there are no metal trays anymore, just some cash-button and a bar-code, but you know what I mean. The excitement is what is being offered. Just as a steakhouse sells a steak to a customer who is there for the excitement of the sizzle, the slot machine operator is selling his product to someone who is there for the excitement of the adjectives such as "free" or "bonus". Lights, horns, bells, whistles... whatever!

There is no use talking about House Edge to the sweet young thing who replies "Edge? I don't have any edges, I'm a girl... I only have curves".

The phrase "Penny Machine" is a marketing ploy. Its draws those people who fall for such things. A "penny machine" is as much a bell or a whistle is anything else!

I think people know penny slots are terrible bets, they just like playing the games. At least the slot companies know this. There's a good reason you can't play slot machines online for free but you can play video poker online for free. If people could play the bonus rounds online for free, they wouldn't feel the need to come into the casino. Penny slots are pretty much like arcade games, for entertainment purposes only!

Quote: Wizard

I just completely rewrote my slot machine page.

I think the reader should be able to see the YEAR before clicking on the slot machine survey pages. Frankly if something is a ten year old survey some people might not want to click it at all, so I'd be upfront about it and let them decide.

I think there should be a bit more discussion about the various classifications of slot machines and terminology explanations.

Reels probably doesn't need explanation but lines might since it is so hard to imagine multiple lines beyond what one screen might display.

Everyone has seen these various signs about Xpercentage payout... I think you should have a brief mention of that earlier than you do.

I've read that penny slots make up more than
50% of the slots in some casinos now. Even Bob

In Colorado pennies are 66%.

And the hold on the most common denominations for the last 5 months reported are as follows

# of slots Denomination Hold
8186 .01 9.6%
799 .05 6.3%
1535 .25 5.7%
1571 1.00 5.3%
190 5.00 5.3%

I read months ago average penny bet was 73 cents, but damn if I can remember where I read it. LOL