If you’re not following along on our Flip The Switch Facebook and Instagram pages, you’re missing previews of new slots coming soon that were showcased at the Global Gaming Expo conference back in October.
One of our readers had their tin foil hat on:
And yet they say the games can’t be controlled. He touched a button by the screen and there it is, winning!
Irene R.
Have you ever been to Best Buy and seen a product demo that’s set up to showcase the key features of a product you’re investigating buying? It doesn’t work that way when you get home – it’s a pre-built demo to help you see in a short window of time the key features of the item you’re looking at.
Slots are showcased in a similar way. Because the randomness of slots can mean a difficult time making a specific event happen naturally, so the machines being demonstrated have a menu that can automatically trigger a certain bonus or feature, or have a certain scenario on the reels be showcased.
Those demonstrations can be “gaffed,” which is the industry term meaning it’s purposefully programmed to showcase an outcome. Or, it can simply trigger the event, and the “true math” is showcased. There’s a mix of both of those on display in the videos we’re posting, depending on what the manufacturer was aiming to showcase for the event. It can also depend on how far along in the development of a slot things are.
During one G2E booth visit a couple of years ago, Brian Christopher was looking at an upcoming new slot. As the bonus progressed it was clear the salespeople were impressed at what was happening, and one noted “that’s a 1 in 1,000 bonus moment right there,” indicating it was the true bonus math and that he happened to trip into a really unusual moment (and it was pretty exciting to witness).
During Courtney and Josh’s visit to the Incredible Technologies booth, during one demonstration of the Crazy Lock bonus the Bonus in the Bonus feature triggered five separate times, which was well above the average expectation, and yielded an impressive outcome.
What’s important to recognize is that a demo mode or setting during a booth visit at an expo is not something that is made available to casinos or players. The regulations that slots have to adhere to, and the testing that they go through before being certified to be available in various markets, ensure that there’s no element of access for a casino or player to be able to control what happens and that the randomness promised is implemented.
So while it can be fun to say “oh look at those buttons they can hit to make things happen,” like everything they serve a purpose.
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