Can't touch this: Real slot machines controlled online

Slot machines, bre and butter of casi industry, long ago lost ir nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufacturers did away with lever gamblers h to pull in order to activate machine, replacing it with buttons. w, people can gamble on a real-life slot machine without touching it at all.

Atlantic City's Hard Rock casi unveiled slot machines Monday that exist inside casi, but which are entirely activated and played by gamblers over internet. casi and its techlogy partner, Softweave Ltd., say 12-machine offering is first of its kind anywhere. Patrons at casi can look at machines through peepholes in a wall of secure, off-limits room where machines sit on second floor, with an array of cameras set in front of m to let players see exactly what is happening with machine as it is activated.

“ psychology, re are brick-and-mortar players that have a fear of doing things online,” said Kresimir Spajic, senior vice president of online gaming at Hard Rock International. “This is helpful in transitioning m into online customers. This is a real, physical machine that y can see, almost like y're sitting in front of it.” Joe Lupo, Hard Rock's Atlantic City president, said remote-controlled slots are natural outgrowth of live-dealer tables games that have been growing in popularity in Atlantic City over past six years.

“Credibility and transparency have been paramount to seeing online gaming move forward," Lupo said. " difference between seeing a computer im as opposed to kind of machine that a customer has been playing for years, it may be easier to understand.” Online or in-person, slots work same way. ir foundation is a techlogy called a random number generator, which does exactly that: comes up with numbers at random. State gambling regulators put devices through extensive investigation and testing to ensure integrity of games.

new machines at Hard Rock are different: y are same of machines that exist by thousands on casi floor, only y are connected to internet so that y can be activated online. Players with a valid internet gambling account with Hard Rock can access new machines through casi's online gambling website. If all 12 machines are occupied by or players, ors can join a queue waiting for one of m to become available. While y're waiting, y can still play online slots or table games, Lupo said. Spajic said ar potential benefit is ability to play popular slot machines that have t been me available online previously.

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