SLOT MACHINES - OUR FUTURE

[CaptainHappy]

Yeah, but they're only 3 feet tall...

I was curious, so look at the attached... The Indy machine is only .5 inches shy of 7 FEET TALL! And that does not include the stand!! 

CH

[westec1]

Mark

Next time you are over at the Akwesasne Casino, head into Cascades straight to the back wall
you will see the new Wizard of Oz machines, they are transmissive reels

Wes

[cfh]

Transmissive reels from Wms were actually licensed from the
Japanese pachislo makers. What they do is this... there are
spinning reels, just like say a Dotmation or S+. but in front
of the reels is an LCD screen. But here's the ticket. the back
coating on the LCD screen is peeled off and removed. This
makes the LCD basically clear, unless a color is shown on the
screen. This allows the reels show through the screen. The reels
are "transmissive."  

I played the transmissive Wms slots and they are AMAZING.
It's the best thing to come to slot machines.

Now that Joe K. is back at the helm of IGT's research
and development, he is supposed to be bring out a new
line of IGT machines that will blow away the Wms transmissive
stuff. That's the rumor at least. We will know shortly, as
it's scheduled to be released in the next month or so.

[stayouttadabunker]

Mark

Next time you are over at the Akwesasne Casino, head into Cascades straight to the back wall
you will see the new Wizard of Oz machines, they are transmissive reels

Wes

you know, I almost went Saturday night...but I was too tired from golf...lol
It was a pretty cool day! You gotta let me know when you go next time!

Transmissive reels from Wms were actually licensed from the
Japanese pachislo makers. What they do is this... there are
spinning reels, just like say a Dotmation or S+. but in front
of the reels is an LCD screen. But here's the ticket. the back
coating on the LCD screen is peeled off and removed. This
makes the LCD basically clear, unless a color is shown on the
screen. This allows the reels show through the screen. The reels
are "transmissive."  

I played the transmissive Wms slots and they are AMAZING.
It's the best thing to come to slot machines.

Now that Joe K. is back at the helm of IGT's research
and development, he is supposed to be bring out a new
line of IGT machines that will blow away the Wms transmissive
stuff. That's the rumor at least. We will know shortly, as
it's scheduled to be released in the next month or so.

SO!  There IS "holes" in the LCD screen...well, sort of...!
Amazing...I didn't know LCDs were capable of that...

[uniman]

What I find incredible is the turnover of slot machines in the last 10 years.
I remember not being able to get on a WMS 'Money to Burn" and "Off the Charts". Next thing you know something else comes along and those machines are empty. Konami has the Advantage 5 with backlit LED reels. (Lit up all the time, even when the reels spin) Last year they were the hot new slot, now I see them mostly unplayed!
From my observations it looks like WMS leads the way. Their machines appear to get the most play. Always something new coming out from WMS.
Now whenever I play a new slot, like the transmissive reels, I start wondering how much the machine cost the casino and how that affected their choice in percentage
payout. 
With all this turnover, one would think the average % payout is dropping overall.
About those very tall IGT's, a subliminal phallic symbol, perhaps. 

[stayouttadabunker]

so, bigger IS better...

[cfh]

IGT was the industry leader in the 90s, but lost their way.
It started with them suing WMS over spinning
reel machines and the Telnes patent, which
forced Wms to video slots. They have been taking
marketshare from IGT since then. But IGT fought
back with Joe K's great licensing idea. Then the
upper IGT management thought Joe had gone
too far, and put him out to pasture. IGT became
more conservative, and lost even more market
share to Wms. So they brought Joe K back, and
here we are, waiting to see what Joe comes up
with. He claims it will blow away the slot industry.

[westec1]

Mark

"you know, I almost went Saturday night...but I was too tired from golf...lol
It was a pretty cool day! You gotta let me know when you go next time!'

I almost went on Saturday as well but the wife was tired

I will let you know when we go, maybe this weekend

Wes