Author Topic: Game Show Slot Machines (Read 6122 times)

That Don Guy · « **on:** July 05, 2008, 10:21:45 PM »

Game shows seem to be a popular theme for slot machines in the USA; the Indian casinos in California even go out of their way to plug their WoF machines (the gimmick is, there is a wheel on top of the machine with numbers from 25 to 1000, and if a "Spin" symbol shows up on the third reel when you play maximum credits, you get to spin the wheel and win whatever number it stops at).

However, when I went to Vegas last week, I noticed that three game show slots - Match Game, Password, and Family Feud - that were all over the place two years ago were nowhere to be found. It's not as if they're getting rid of game show themed slots; in addition to WoF, there are plenty of TPIR slots (there are different varieties, including Plinko, Cliff Hangers, Dice Game, and Punch-A-Bunch, and they all feature Rod Roddy's voice) and Deal Or No Deal slots (most of which are Australian "pokies", which are slot machines where the fruit symbols are replaced with playing card ranks (usually Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, and 9), as well as Press Your Luck and The Joker's Wild slots now. It just seems strange that the other slots would disappear.

-- Don

DrBear · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2008, 12:06:31 AM »

Gambling is the ultimate capitalism. If the casino can make more money with a slot machine with a bacon theme, it'll go in. Apparently, the game show ones weren't as popular; Wheel is a likely exception because it's shown all over.

Sodboy13 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2008, 12:58:09 AM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'189834\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 11:06 PM\']
Gambling is the ultimate capitalism. If the casino can make more money with a slot machine with a bacon theme, it'll go in. Apparently, the game show ones weren't as popular; Wheel is a likely exception because it's shown all over.
[/quote]

Bacon slot machine, eh? Get me Vegas on Line 2.

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2008, 12:59:40 AM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'189834\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 09:06 PM\']
a slot machine with a bacon theme[/quote]
Intrigued, ideas, newsletter, etc.

/mmmmm, bacon

Jay Temple · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2008, 01:14:37 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'189840\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 11:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'189834\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 09:06 PM\']
a slot machine with a bacon theme[/quote]
Intrigued, ideas, newsletter, etc.

/mmmmm, bacon
[/quote]
Ping me if you hear about a doughnut slot.

Brakus · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2008, 01:51:23 AM »

Trying to steer this thing back on topic....

Many machines have a certain shelf life, as it were, and some themes last much longer than others. Delaware has had the Wheel of Gold/Wheel of Fortune games for a while now, and they have the Wheel of Fortune Super Spin machine as well. The Deal or No Deal machines (with the Australian-influenced blonde bombshells and the siren effect for the Bank Offer) have done quite well there too. And the Press Your Luck Big Event games just landed in Delaware and are doing very well.

However, the TPiR slots were once popular in Delaware, and were offered as multi-denominations of 5/10/25 cents per credit. (I hit a jackpot of $1050 on a TPiR slot set to 25c per credit one time.) These machines had a lengthy history on the floors of the Delaware casinos, but as time wore on, fewer people were playing them, having moved on to newer slot games. On my most recent visit to Delaware a couple days ago, the last of the TPiR slots were retired from Dover Downs' slot floor, after servicing Delaware slot jockeys for well over 4 years. For a short time, also, Delaware had the original Jeopardy! reel-spinning dollar slots. They only lasted about a year at the most.

Slot machine themes come and go, and game show themes are no exception. Although it was just a little bittersweet to see the TPiR slots disappear, I look forward to seeing the new slots that replace them. Here's hoping that manufacturers will continue to make exciting new game-show based slot machines for everybody's enjoyment.

PYLdude · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2008, 01:59:27 AM »

[quote name=\'Brakus\' post=\'189845\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 12:51 AM\']
Trying to steer this thing back on topic....
[/quote]

Um...what veered it OFF topic?

We're talking slot machines. Talking about which ones make money and which ones don't.

Perhaps if you paid ATTENTION instead of being Mr. Jeremy "God" Soria, perhaps you'd get that, eh?

J.R. · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2008, 02:09:33 AM »

[quote name=\'Brakus\' post=\'189845\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 12:51 AM\']Trying to steer this thing back on topic....[/quote]
I think this around the 100th time you've complained about this. Why is it so damn important to you that we stay on topic? It's not against the rules to discuss something besides game shows once in a while.

/I swear, nearly every post has started with some variation of "Trying to steer this thing back on topic...."

Brakus · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2008, 04:01:18 AM »

[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'189847\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 02:09 AM\']
[quote name=\'Brakus\' post=\'189845\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 12:51 AM\']Trying to steer this thing back on topic....[/quote]
I think this around the 100th time you've complained about this. Why is it so damn important to you that we stay on topic? It's not against the rules to discuss something besides game shows once in a while.

/I swear, nearly every post has started with some variation of "Trying to steer this thing back on topic...."
[/quote]

So what if I do? It's not like I'm trying to ruin your fun by reminding people what this board is primarily about.... Then again, not everybody can be like Mike LaBrie and he's even stricter on people than I am.... But I digress.

Atronic looks to be putting out an updated version of Deal or No Deal slot machine called "The Experience" with sound and graphics that are trying to mimic the American version even more. It'll be nice to play them when they arrive at Delaware/PA/Atlantic City... but I'm happy with the original machines for now.

Brakus · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2008, 04:15:25 AM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'189846\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 01:59 AM\']
[quote name=\'Brakus\' post=\'189845\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 12:51 AM\']
Trying to steer this thing back on topic....
[/quote]

Um...what veered it OFF topic?

We're talking slot machines. Talking about which ones make money and which ones don't.[/quote]

You coulda fooled me with the talk of bacon and donuts....

Quote

Perhaps if you paid ATTENTION instead of being Mr. Jeremy "God" Soria, perhaps you'd get that, eh?

Lord knows I'm not God; I'm sure He's thankful of that.

Anyway, I'll admit those TPiR slots were kinda getting long in the tooth for me... before those TPiR slots were retired, the denominations were lowered to 2-cent/5-cent... I guess they made less and less money as the years went on and eventually paid the Delaware-minimum 87% payback to the players. I'll miss those slots, but I'll look forward to playing more of the new Wheel of Fortune Super Spin and Press Your Luck Big Event games in the future.... they're a lot of fun.

J.R. · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2008, 04:27:06 AM »

[quote name=\'Brakus\' post=\'189849\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 03:01 AM\']So what if I do? It's not like I'm trying to ruin your fun by reminding people what this board is primarily about.... Then again, not everybody can be like Mike LaBrie and he's even stricter on people than I am.... But I digress.[/quote]
Our lives are not 100% game shows 24/7. Sometimes, we like to talk about something else. What in the hell is wrong with that?! (There's some great threads here that are about something completely different, such as that one about hamburger chains.)

Who appointed you as the Topic Police?

/You must've really hated this thread.

clemon79 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2008, 05:21:49 AM »

[quote name=\'Brakus\' post=\'189845\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 10:51 PM\']
after servicing Delaware slot jockeys for well over 4 years.[/quote]
I dunno. I'd get sore after a couple of hours.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 06, 2008, 10:47:14 AM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'189843\' date=\'Jul 6 2008, 01:14 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'189840\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 11:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'189834\' date=\'Jul 5 2008, 09:06 PM\']
a slot machine with a bacon theme[/quote]
Intrigued, ideas, newsletter, etc.

/mmmmm, bacon
[/quote]
Ping me if you hear about a doughnut slot.
[/quote]

PING!!!

tvmitch · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2008, 11:08:53 AM »

The only casino I've been to in awhile is the new Hollywood Casino in Grantville, PA...basically slots-only, for now. And there isn't a game show slot to be found there! I don't know what those bozos were thinking.

MikeK · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2008, 11:31:23 AM »

This question probably won't be answered because it just opened up within the last month. Does the new Caesar's in Windsor have any game show slots? I have plans to visit Detroit/Windsor in early August, after summer school is complete. The mathematician in me wouldn't touch a slot machine, but the game show fan in me would like to plunk down up to $20, for the experience.