Innovations in slot technology
Like it or not, we are now in the twenty-first century. What many of us have thought of as “futuristic” in years past, nowseems all too common. The pace of change continues at seemingly breakneck speed.
Innovations in slot technology, and the newest crops of slot machines, are just one testimonial to the fast-changing landscape of the casino floor. Already there are many video slot machines with multiple lines, and multi-coin play options. Some are cashless, and others multi-denominational. Popular themes abound, from history to pop culture to sports—the choices now seem end-less. Most of these new slots are video slots, which offer a much greater variety of bonuses, second-screen features, and multi-line multi-coin play. I think it’s a safe prediction that within the next ten years, perhaps even only five years, all slot machines on the casino floor will be video slots. Many will be available with three-dimensional images, per-haps even holographic slots. All of them will be cashless (or coin-free) machines, with multi-denominational features, multiple game choices, and in ever-increasing multi-line and multi-bonus versions. Many such video machines are already a staple of today’s casinos.
