Treasure Island Field Tests Server Based Slots
Sunday March 2, 2008
The Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas has started field testing on the new sever-based slots that have been touted as the next generation of slot machine technology. They have installed 32 machines on the casino floor. Once the field testing is done the system will be available throughout the State of Nevada.
Sever based slots are generic slot kiosks connected to a main computer. The new technology allows the casino operators to change the games, denominations, and payback with a few mouse clicks from the main terminal. It is estimated that some casinos will begin to switch over to the sever based slots either at the end of this year or the early part of 2009.
For years I have been trying to convince slot players that there was no way the casino could flip a switch and change the payback of a machine. Now, when the new server-based slots make it to the casino floor, this myth will become a reality.