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WMS Gaming Continues to Expand Innovative Technology14 October 2009 WMS Gaming knows no boundaries when it comes to developing slot games that take the playing experience to entirely new levels of entertainment.
The company has proven that with the four innovative categories of games it has released in recent years: Community Gaming, Transmissive Reels, Sensory Immersion, and Adaptive Gaming.
The titles and themes WMS has created using the technology changed the way people play electronic gaming devices.
What's more, they are appealing to the younger generation of gaming enthusiasts who grew up with in-home, portable, and arcade video gaming experiences and were searching for a more engaging, entertaining, and challenging way to play slots.
Rob Bone, vice president of marketing for WMS, which has its corporate headquarters in Waukegan, Illinois, knows this better than anyone, which is why he is so enthusiastic about the company's plans to continue to expand the technology.
"We didn't know if all four of the categories would be successful, or for that matter any of them, but all of them have proven to be very successful," Bone said...read moreTwo trips down Memory Lane13 October 2009 The September news that a dealer in East Chicago, Ind., had been arrested as part of a cheating ring brought back memories of one of the most eye-opening weeks of my time covering casinos and casino games.
The East Chicago dealer was one of seven arrested nationwide...read moreFrank Scoblete signs four-book deal with Triumph Books, a division of Random House12 October 2009 Frank Scoblete, casino gaming's No. 1 author, has just signed a four-book deal with Triumph Books, a division of Random House, one of the world's biggest publishers.
Frank will be writing two books on craps, one on blackjack and one on slots...read more![]() Leave the Credit Cards Home11 October 2009 It seems as if we are rapidly becoming a cashless society. Many businesses are encouraging or forcing their employees to use direct deposit for their paychecks and using credit cards has become a way of life. There are even commercials on television trying to convince you that it is faster to pay with a credit card than with cash...read moreCrazy gambling letters from nutty people #48 October 2009
Dear Mr. Scoblete:
Let me introduce myself to you by way of introduction. I am a gambling expert looking to have my new book which I am about to write published so the world can see what I have developed and discovered as I have developed a way to beat the game of roulette with a number charting system based on the concepts inherited in quantum physics which shows that a ball spinning will have a equal and opposite spin too which will come to rest at a point of design that can be predicted mostly accurately by analyzing the opposite spin and trajectory thereoff and concept of propulsion of a small round object which is what a roulette ball is as we all know concerning roulette...read moreMonopoly Slots Give Iconic Board Game a Run for the Money7 October 2009 If you're a fan of Monopoly-themed slot games, you're going to love the news released earlier this summer by WMS Gaming.
The company which took Monopoly directly to "GO" on casino floors a decade ago announced it had extended through 2016 its long-term license agreement with Hasbro, Inc...read moreEverlasting slots6 October 2009 It happens when players walk down the aisles of casino slot floors every day. A hot new game catches your eye. You give it a try — and you like it. You like the game play, you like the bonus rounds, maybe you have a couple of pretty good wins...read moreWhat do slots do during their pauses?5 October 2009
Dear Mr. Robison,
I would like to know what is happening to a slot machine when it does what we players call changing. When playing a machine that readily accepts the bet then on the next bet you may have to press the bet button two to three times before it is accepted...read moreA Royal Dilemma4 October 2009 A choice that (unfortunately) one seldom has
when playing 9/6 Jacks or better Video Poker is that of choosing between a
three-card Royal Flush and a four-card Flush. All Basic strategy tables for
9/6 Jacks list the three-card Royal as being better than the four-card Flush.
For the most part this is good advice. However, there is one case where the
opposite is true. A hand that contains a suited Ace and ten along with another
suited high card is a weak three-card Royal since it is a double inside
situation and thus reduces the straight possibilities. This in and of itself
does not negate the Basic strategy rule; it depends upon the nature of the
fifth card in the hand. Let me illustrate with an example.
Suppose you are dealt AH, QH, TH, 9H, X. If X
is an unsuited low card, say a three of clubs, the correct play would still be
to hold the AQT. However if X is an unsuited King or Jack then this reduces
the number of straight, 2 pair, and high pair hands on the draw and is enough
to render the four-card Flush the better hand. What if X is an unsuited ten?
Let's look at that situation in detail.
Suppose we are dealt the AH, QH, TH, 9H, TC.
Discarding the 9H and TC means that we have C(47, 2) or 1081 possible draws.
The following table shows the results.
Result
Freq.
Pays
Product
Zip
756
0
0
High Pair
246
5
1230
2 Pair
21
10
210
3 Kind
7
15
105
Straight
15
20
300
Flush
35
30
1050
Full House
0
45
0
4 Kind
0
125
0
Str...read moreDon't split those fives!3 October 2009
Dear Frank:
Today I tossed the dice twenty times without seeing the seven. I need to take a Golden Touch dice control lesson in June of 2010. I have a DVD of dice control from Golden Touch too.
I was thinking of buying the DVD on blackjack, because I also practice speed counting...read more |
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