Originally Posted by
DGenBen
Skill based slots were doomed to fail because from a gambler’s standpoint the whole purpose of a slot machine is to zone out and mindlessly try to get lucky and win.
People interested in something more engaging that they could control were already going to be playing poker, black jack, video poker etc.
I guess sort of an analogy would be a brothel that adds a skill component to spending time with it’s ladies.
You still have to pay, but you would have to throw game on them too & win their approval & pick them up prior to doing the deed.
Bingo
Plus, the "skill" was something that people would develop via practice, and the casual Vegas visitor ain't puttin' in the time for that shit.
The "skill slot machine" 2010s fantasy was one cooked up by gaming execs who thought they understood millennials.