Overview • Items to be covered • Types of Gaming Machines • Machine Components • Types of Games
• Machine Styles • • • •
Slant Top Upright Round Top Bar top (Flat top)
• Manufactures of Gaming Machines and Component
Types of Gaming Machines • Reel Type Slot Machines • Characterized by: • Spinning Reels • 3 – 7 reels
• Stepper Motors
• Started in 1984
• Video Slot Machines • Characterized by:
• CRTs or LCD monitors
• Newest ones have the CRT and top glass replaced by one large LCD display or by two LCD displays NOTE: CRT – Cathode Ray Tube & LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• Simulated Spinning Reels on the monitor • 3 -7 reels
• Multiple Games available on the machine
Types of Gaming Machines • Reel Type Variations
• Found on machines using Stepper motors or CRTs/LCDs • Multiplier
• One Credit/Coin played - Pays 1 X pay-table • Two Credits/Coins played - Pays 2 X pay-table • N Credits/Coins played - Pays N X pay-table
• Bonus Multiplier
• This machine operates the same as the multiplier except that it offers a bonus when you play maximum coins and hit the jackpot
• Multiple Payline
• These machines have more than one line of play. • Each coin activates a particular line. • If you hit a winner on a line that is not activated, you will not receive anything. • The older machines used to have three lines but the newer video slots can have many lines.
Types of Gaming Machines • Reel Type Variations
• Found on machines using Stepper motors or CRTs/LCDs • Buy-a-Pay
• These are often misunderstood • Each coin activates a different pay out. You need the maximum coins to receive the largest jackpot. • Example –“Sizzlin 7’s” machines have cherries, bars and sevens. • If you play one coin you can collect only on the cherries. • f you play two coins you can collect on cherries and bars. • You need three coins in to collect on the 7’s. NOTE: If you hit the jackpot with one coin in YOU WILL NOT WIN ANYTHING!!!
• Progressive Slots
• The progressive slots take a certain percentage of the money played and add it to a pool for the top jackpot.
Types of Gaming Machines • Reel Type Variations
• Found on machines using Stepper motors or CRTs/LCDs • Progressive Slots
• “Megabucks” or “Quarter Mania” are examples of machines from several casinos linked together to offer a life changing jackpot. • Some casinos have machines linked together within their own casino to offer mini-progressive jackpots.
• Nudge machines
• Have a light mounted on them that comes on occasionally. • If on the player may move (nudge) a wheel forward or backward one location. • Sometimes this is all that is required for a losing hand to become a winner. • The house edge on these machines is generally the same as for regular slots.
Types of Gaming Machines • Reel Type Variations
• Found on machines using Stepper motors or CRTs/LCDs • Double or nothing machines
• Some slots have added a wheel that can be played after a win. • These doubling wheels are even bets, you have a 50/50 chance of doubling (or losing) your winnings
NOTE: All of the slot machines have the information you need posted on the front. Before you sit down to play, take a minute to “Read” the machine. This will make you a knowledgeable player and help you determine which machine is best suited for you.
Types of Gaming Machines • Video Poker
• Characterized by:
• CRTs or LCD monitors
• Newest ones have the CRT and Maybe the glass replaced by one large LCD display or by two LCD displays
• Multiple hand poker games • Multiple variation on the poker games • Multiple Games available on the machine
• Keno machines
• Characterized by:
• CRTs or LCD monitors • Multiple variation
Machine Styles • Slant Top • See drawing on page 1.1.1.3 of the text book • Require a larger footprint than uprights and round tops.
• Upright • See drawing on page 1.1.1.4 and 1.1.1.5 of the text book • Usually they are the majority Of the systems in a Casino
Machine Styles • Round Top • See picture on top of page 1.1.1.6 of the text book • Just an Upright machine with a rounded top.
• Bar Top • See picture on the lower right side of page 1.1.1.6 of the text book • Have special features designed to drain away the liquids
Manufacturers of Gaming Devices • International Gaming Technology • IGT • www.igt.com
• Alliance/Bally Gaming
• Name change in 2006 to Bally Technology • http://ballytech.com/
• Williams Gaming • WMS • www.wms.com
• Aristocrat
• Bought Casino Data Systems in 2000 • http://www.aristocrat.com.au/
Manufacturers of Gaming Devices • Multimedia Games, Inc
• MGAM • Bought most of the assests of Sigma Gaming in 2005 • http://www.multimediagames.com
• Progressive Gaming International
• Composed of the Games and Systems Divisions of Mikohm Gaming
• Signs Division Still operates as Mikohn Signs and Graphics Link
• http://www.progressivegaming.net/
• Aristocrat
• Australian manufacturer of Slot machines • Bought Casino Data Systems in 2000
• http://www.aristocrat.com.au/
Manufacturers of Gaming Devices • Action Gaming • Developer of Slot Games – Not a manufacturer • www.actiongaming.com
• AC Coin and Slot • IGT Distributor and Game Developer • http://www.ac-coin.com
• Coin Mechanisms Inc • Manufacturer and distributer of many subsystems used in slot machines • http://www.coinmech.com/
Manufacturers of Gaming Devices • Japan Cash Machine • Leading manufacturer of bill validators • http://www.jcm-american.com/
• Mars Electronics International • Leading manufacturer of bill validators • Formerly part of Mars Candy • http://www.meigroup.com
• Asahi Seiko • Leading Manufacturer of coin validating and handling devices for gaming, vending, and other applications • http://www.asahiseikousa.com/
Manufacturers of Gaming Devices • Atronic • International gaming manufacturer from Germany • http://www.atronic.com/
• Konami • International gaming manufacturer from Japan • http://www.konami.com/
