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Atlantic City to have first video game gambling machines
- Thread starter King Mystery
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hydrophilic attack
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Mixing addictive games with gambling seems to be a recipe for disaster or huge profit depending on whether you are a patron or the owner of the casino
giant_frying_pan
Member
Konami gonna make BANK.
forcing people to use a controller is a house advantage
Yep can't imagine this will trick young people into thinking gambling is cool.
OuterLimits
Member
Video games to save a dying Atlantic City confirmed.
They already do this to a certain extent in Vegas with the types of machines that have persistence and a sort of progress. A lot of the machines even feature the awesome soeaker systems that I remember being in the capcom machines back in the day. It's not a straight up first person shooter but they've been moving that way for a while.
If they can get a young person to drop $1 on one of these machines that they wouldn't normally spend, that's a huge win for them.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Watch the endgame of this morph into the "skinner boxes" y'all rag on mobile gaming to be about, and then subsequently have both of them get regulated as gambling.
Actually, I wonder if part of the ploy of these machines is to skirt some regulation since elements of skill are involved.
Actually, I wonder if part of the ploy of these machines is to skirt some regulation since elements of skill are involved.
ichtyander
Member
I love how the person holding the controller doesn't have a clue what he's doing, moving the right thumbstick with the left thumb and all.
LightningXCE
Member
There's also jubeat, rebranded as 'Beat Square';
franknbeans
Member
I was listening to a vegas related podcast a view weeks ago and apparently the industry is worried about the next generation of gamblers who grew up playing video games. They are afraid that the current games won't appeal to them. They are now looking towards hosting and sponsoring esport tournaments as well
MR BLACKMAGIK
Member
If that's the case I'll be a millionaire in no time.
SunDimension24
Member
So every fighting game will be like Blazblue's Unlimited Mars Mode, Every driving game will be in simulation mode with extremely accurate physics and no guide lines at all, and every first person shooter will be COD4 Mile high club on veteran.
Spaced Harrier
Member
Sega had a pool game that paid out years ago.
I wonder if their piss game pays out tokens?
I wonder if their piss game pays out tokens?
reminds me of that one thread about bad videogaming in TV/movies.
I mean.... how can you be this bad at holding a controller?
Sure, not everybody is a gamer, but come on...you know how to hold a controller, right?
I mean sometimes you want to keep your aim on the target while you reload.
seems reasonable.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
That's like 10 minutes from my house.
Time to run them tables.
Time to run them tables.
Can we get a link to this podcast? I'd like to have a listen to this conversation. The morning sports guys here in NY (WFAN) have been talking a lot about how business owners are becoming very interested in putting money into esports. The owners of the Brooklyn Nets have already had a few tournaments at Barclay's Center (if I'm not mistaken) and just over the weekend I read that the Philadelphia 76er's management has just purchased 2 esports teams.
EDIT: I just watched the video and aside from that dude having a seizure holding that controller, the female narrator just made the whole thing sound sleazy af! lmao. To translate: give us your money gamers, just TRY and win against the house.
exmachina64
Banned
Saw a write-up about this on Reddit a while back, funny to see it's made its way to GAF.
The video on the screens is "simulated gameplay." They're using b-roll from PC games and telling the person being filmed with the controller to pretend he's playing a game. With the way the footage is angled, he might even be looking at a blank screen or not in the same room as one of the "demo units."
The video on the screens is "simulated gameplay." They're using b-roll from PC games and telling the person being filmed with the controller to pretend he's playing a game. With the way the footage is angled, he might even be looking at a blank screen or not in the same room as one of the "demo units."
Ask Valve.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
I'm going to say something that may be controversial.
I'd rather have a gambling machine that's based around skill, in the context of a game, over the random chance of traditional gambling.
I mean, the fact you can "git gud" should surely put some advantage on the player.
I'd rather have a gambling machine that's based around skill, in the context of a game, over the random chance of traditional gambling.
I mean, the fact you can "git gud" should surely put some advantage on the player.
But it'll be an illusion. These games will never reward you on being good, only slightly improve your odds. Just like those stacker games or crane games.
UnemployedVillain
Member
N64 games didn't have you holding the control that goofily, and the controller had 3 holding positions. There is no defense, unless the person legit doesn't know wtf is going on
To Far Away Times
Member
This.
But you can actually be really good at the crane games. If you can catch a stuffed animal by dragging the claw and catching the collar or tag it doesn't matter as much if the machine tries to drop it or not. It depends on the machine too and if it will let you go drag the claw. I know a few people who can clean those machines right out.
Stacker is complete bullshit though.
KojiKnight
Member
Seriously surprised casinos haven't done this already... Make it like poker, a buy in, etc and the house takes a cut then just have people play each other. Zero way the casino can lose, and it takes the worries of "bullshit" games out.
Link to this? Very curious about it, and my googlefu has failed me
Sniffynose
Member
Isn't this just basically how all DLC and season's passes are now anyways LOL
Veritigo_X
Member
Damn that guy is good. Optimizing thumb movements like that instead of restricting it to a single thumb stick is some next level shit.
I've been watching The Sopranos lately and they are surprisingly accurate with their videogames. They have the correct systems with the correct controllers, (plugged in even), with the correct games with the correct sounds and visuals around similar timeframes one might have actually owned these systems. I was truly surprised.
"Cocktails... Cocktails..."
Bl@de
Member
Looks like he is having a seizure
Read the post above you. They'd be a venue for people to bet on skill based games against other people and take a cut of the betting. Picture you put in $5 a CoD match and the house takes $10 and the winner takes the rest. Or a tiered pay-out structure (money back for 2nd place, etc). I assume they won't be some single player carnival game with the odds stacked against you. Feds wouldn't go for that and/or someone would eventually figure out some bug to cheese it and just win constantly.