I don't want to believe what I am hearing.
Presumably, the "next big thing" in Vegas is something I personally don't want to see happen there...EVER. At the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas this week, the Powers That Be debuted video slot machines on the iPad. This way, you'll be able to play quietly in restaurants and bars instead of at the big, noisy machines you play now. Wait...what? Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?
Here's a link to the article: Nooooooooo!
That's part of - heck, that's MOST OF the reason I go to Vegas now. The bright, shiny overdone-ness of it all. I don't want to play video slots on my iPad; I already have games on there. I like those games for when I'm NOT in Vegas, when I'm NOT surrounded by complete strangers that I can high-five for a great slot win, or that I can NOT eye enviously when they get the bonus round I so desperately covet every time I sit down at a machine.
I want a machine that makes lots of noise, something that makes me look UP and watch the wheels spin, or watch the videos play, or feel the vibrations in the cool Bose chairs that put me in the game. I DON'T WANT TO PLAY THEM ON MY iPAD IN THE RESTAURANT!
Are the Powers That Be somehow trying to take the slot machines out of Vegas? Make it back into the table game mecca it once was? If they do that, they're going to have to get rid of 6:5 blackjack on the Strip and take the table minimums waaaaaay down, or they will be losing some serious business. The Club Crowd doesn't care about the slot machines or the table games for sure, but what about all those people who lurk others while they play their favorite games? That's part of the fun! That's part of the drama! That's part of Vegas!
Yes, changes to Vegas happen all the time, but seriously?!?!?! I won't go to Vegas to play on a iPad in a restaurant or "in a stadium". I'd much rather visit my nearest Indian casino and get a (somewhat realistic) fix there, instead.
So the restaurants are making more money than the slot machines now...that doesn't mean the slot machines aren't making money; it just means the focus is changing a bit. But don't take away the machines!
The day they take the last slot machines out of Las Vegas casinos will be the day I (sadly) head home from my last trip to my favorite city.
And there will be tears.
Deann,
ReplyDeleteI don't see it happening anytime soon.
The local Indian casino here has had iPads for slot gaming most of this year. I was told about it by one of the technicians. But, I, personally, have not seen anyone using one. All the regular slot machines are still as busy as ever.
I think a majority of people will be like you and want the experience of being at a "real" slot machine.
Now, personally, I think slot machines are brain-dead, mind-numbingly boring. But, that's just me. ;)
Yes, but I enjoy them for the mind-numbing entertainment. I have to think too much at work, and I love just being entertained without having to over-analyze anything in a casino.
ReplyDeleteSo, I hope you're right! Thanks!