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Bridging The Gap Between Slot Machines And Video Games

Mben

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So we think the kids are having all the fun with their thrilling video games? Well think again! While playing the NASCAR video slot game at a land based casino, one would think they are playing a video game instead of a slot machine. According to this article, there has been a lot of creativity brought forth when designing new slot machines that will attract the inner child of all adult slot enthusiasts!  Ask Bill Wadleigh about serendipity in the slot business, and he'll say it's sometimes as simple as spinning the wheel of a toy car. That's how the game designer came up with a spinning bonus graphic for his forthcoming NASCAR game. We'll just make a tire a wheel, Wadleigh recalled thinking. Wheels are very attune to gambling.  But he'll also tell you his NASCAR game is much more than just wheels and reels.  It is a video game, Wadleigh said.There are more than 853,000 electronic gaming machines in the United States, according to the American Gaming Association. Nevada has the most, more than 178,000. Nationally, the casino industry makes 62 percent of its revenue from slot machines.Slot makers spend a lot of money - sometimes millions - paying for licensing fees and developing character-driven games based on pop stars, movies and television shows. (We want to) bring something new and exciting, Wadleigh said. It can be a subtle or incremental change, or it could be a vastly radical one.  Read more <a href="http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/may/13/nascar-and-pop-star-themes-todays-slot-machines-pl/" >here</a>. 
 

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