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Originally Posted by AxelWolf View Post
Originally Posted by tableplay View Post
I would have been more inclined to play these if you didn't have to pay until you get the bonus round. I mean you could definitely get lucky and get into the pinball bonus round quickly like you did the 1st time you played it, but on average it doesn't work out that way as you know and implied. I liked the Space Invaders business model where you put your $20 bucks in and you're right in the game (but of course the issue with Space Invaders is no joystick). Anyway, I think there is a good chance skill based pinball (where you just pay to play pinball immediately and don't have to rely on scatter symbols in the base game to get to the pinball round) will hit the floor at some point. Scientific Games, who bought out WMS (Williams), would be a good candidate since Williams used to make pinball machines of course before they stopped back in 1999 because their gaming/gambling division was so profitable. It was a sad day when Neil Nicastro announced that Williams would no longer make pinball machines back then and would instead just concentrate on their gaming division. But with all the intellectual property and pinball connections that SG acquired through the acquisition of Williams, they would be the front runner for this sort of thing I should think.
I did well over all, but not anything significant. I wish I would have been more vigilante after my first encounter and started playing before the information spread. As MC pointed out they had some higher denominations across the states. I know some people did super good. But, as I have said before, you cant be everywhere at once and do everything. It used to be where I would regret missing a play after hearing about it, but I then realize had I been playing that, I would have missed whatever I was playing at the time.
I don't know if things have changed, but in Reno/Sparks/Carson City I did not encounter either variant when the variants were active on the floor in many other parts of the country. I did encounter it elsewhere, but it was taken off the floor shortly after the encounter (moot of course since I wasn't a fan of the average expense to get to the bonus round). A friend of mine told me that he had the ball go through the flipper, so that wasn't great news either.
I just don't think any actual true skill game will hit big in the casinos any time soo, if ever. I think theres room for them, but its a niche market for guys like you and me. I have only seen one game so far that got close to what direction the casinos should have went when trying to appeal to the newer generation and even 40 and 50 year old's, but its more of a video game, theres a multi player element but I'm not sure if skill plays a part of that. https://jackmobilecasinos.com/mobile...uest-wrath-ra/. I actually had an idea similar to this many years ago before all the talk about this stuff. I discussed my idea with a few people, but an idea wont get you very far. For the most part, I think people who go to the casinos want to spin the reels and not play skill games. I still have no clue why the casinos haven't integrated social media platforms directly on the machines. That's how they would have captured a new audience. Log in to your account directly at the machine while it takes snap shots, videos of bonus rounds etc. and posts them up, or even some live game play while its streaming everything for you. In places where online gaming is legally allowed, you should be able to log in and sync up when your friends in the casino to watch and even take part in the action for real money as they play. If one person goes to a casino to gamble it might end up in a situation where the casino is making 2 to 10 times the money. Just imagine if thousands of people could take action on just one famous person playing in the casino. It would be a game changer for the casinos.