For those interested, there is an interesting GWAE podcast where these skill based slot games are discussed. It’s #260 and the guest is Olaf Vancura who wrote “Knockout Blackjack” and he helps design slot machines for casinos. His take on slot players is interesting, and surprised Richard and I think most people. Olaf says slot players are smart and know they will lose but want to be entertained while they lose.
As as far as casinos attracting millennials, this is obviously a problem for them. I don’t blame casinos for going down the skill based slot game road. In theory, it kind of made sense. They tried and it failed. This is what happens to all companies with new product launches. They all aren’t successful. Personally, I think anything they do related to casino games will fail with this crowd. This crowd doesn’t want to lose their money playing negative EV games, no matter how they’re configured. Who knows, maybe our education system is finally working.
I actually don’t think it’s a bad thing for some casinos to fail. The casino market has got too crowded. At some point, they have saturated the amount of money the public is willing to lose in a casino. I think it’s good millennials are staying out of casinos and spending their entertainment dollars on something else.
But wait, there is hope for casinos. All they need to do is learn to move the cut card further back in bj. Every counter knows casinos are losing billions by not putting the card cut further back. At least that’s what they teach in books and repeat to each other on forums. I’m sorry but I can’t help but make fun of some of the stupid beliefs within the AP world. Lol.
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