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New Trivia Slots

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Sometimes, you just can’t keep a good idea down. And blending slot machine excitement with tests of knowledge plays right to my taste.


New Slots From Multimedia Games Tunica Mississippi

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When you’re a smaller slot manufacturer trying to compete with the likes of IGT, Bally, WMS and Aristocrat, you need to be nimble, creative and innovative.

Multimedia Games has been all of that, and expects to keep bringing the innovation now that it has been acquired by Global Cash Access. The new company is in the process of rebranding, and will reveal a new name in late August.

“Big Bang Theory Slots” Give You More Bang For Your Buck

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When video slots first came out, it took only a single bonus event to entrance players. Neighbors would stop their play to watch whenever someone went fishing in Reel ’Em In or chose their Chinese foods from the menu in Fortune Cookie. 

New Slots Offer Entertainment And Extended Play

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For gamemakers, attracting slot players is all about offering different play experiences to different segments of players. There are big jackpot games, high volatility games, second-screen bonus games, free-spin bonus games and more. 

New Mad Men and Flintstones Slots From WMS Gaming

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Slot machine manufacturers have drawn on TV, movies, board games and pop culture icons for years, and they’re not shy about crossing generations to do it. After all, the games need to appeal to a wide variety of players.

Sons of Anarchy Slot Machines

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The video age has enabled game designers to get creative in any number of ways, and that includes the way they use reels and symbols. One of the latest wrinkles is Cluster Power, a new way to play you’ll be seeing in the coming year on Aristocrat Technologies’ Sons of Anarchy slot machine.

 

New Progressive Slot Machines

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Back when slot machines were a three-reel world, progressive jackpots were available only to those willing to bet the max. If you weren’t going to bet three coins, or two coins on some high-denomination machines, you weren’t going to be eligible for the progressive.

New Tap House Poker game from IGT

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Video poker was the first massively popular coin-operated casino gaming using video screens and virtual images instead of spinning reels or other mechanical components. But one thing video poker hasn’t used is the kind of animation we’ve seen since video slots became the hottest growth area of the casino industry.

New Table Games from SHFL Entertainment

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The biggest name in new table games for the casino industry is also a new name. SHFL Entertainment changed its name from Shuffle Master this fall. By any name, it always has new poker-based games in its mix.

New Table Game, BJ-Bac

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When the Global Gaming Expo rolls around every fall, the display floor is dominated by major slot manufacturers. You could spend days just trying new slot games — and I do spend most of two days doing just that.

But I like to reserve one day seeking out new table games. There are nowhere near as many new table games as there are slot games, and many of the table games designers have small booths on the back rows of the floor, far from the main action. But walking the floor sometimes allows you to uncover a gem.

Superheroes: Spider-Man from WMS Gaming and Superman from Aristocrat

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Who’s it to be, Superman or Spider-Man? The Man of Steel from the planet Krypton, or the angsty young man with the radioactive spider bite? As a comic-book loving kid, it was Superman for me, but that was before Spidey really hit his stride.

When it comes to slot-playing time, either one can save your bonus in new games of heroic proportions.

Little Green Men: Cosmic Blaster from IGT

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I love a little skill in my games. That doesn’t mean I’m particularly good at applying the skill, but I love the feeling that I have an impact on whether I win or lose. International Game Technology has taken its popular Little Green Men theme and added a test of skill in a bonus event on Little Green Men: Cosmic Blaster.

New Slots for the New Year!

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All of Tunica’s nine casinos will be rolling out the old slots and ringing in the new with the new year just around the corner.

We have the inside scoop on a few of the hottest slots being delivered this week!  Here are a few of the featured slots coming to Tunica next week.

Video Poker Games: Wheel Poker

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Most of the video poker games you see in casinos are manufactured by International Game Technology. IGT has deep video poker roots and other game-makers have never really been able to challenge its dominance.

New Games: Introducing the iTable

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On the first day of the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, I took a little time to check out the ShuffleMaster booth. In addition to making shufflers, ShuffleMaster is the casino industry’s largest manufacturer and distributor of new table games. At G2E, I wanted to spend a little time at their live game/electronic hybrid, the iTable.