US gaming supplier Scientific Games has announced the launch of Hot Shot Casino, its first Facebook social casino brand to combine content from its Williams, Shuffle Master, and Bally game studios.
Hot Shot Casino features popular games such as Zeus III, 88 Fortunes and Hot Shot Progressive, in addition to a large collection of branded slots including KISS: Shout it Out Loud!, Dean Martin Vegas Shindig, Yahtzee and Bruce Lee.
First, there’s no 100% strategy for cheating slot machines. The algorithm is completely random, so you can’t be winning all the time. But you can gamble safe, smart and responsible, getting the most out of your money. Here’s how:
Casinos are changing rapidly with technology changes and cultural changes. These changes altered the way casinos work forever – take a look!
Smartphones
Smartphones are tiny computers in player’s pocket that can function like a perfect little online casino. Gambling apps market is growing rapidly today, becoming a big rival for real casinos. They made gambling very much accessible to users, in all parts of the world.
Comps
To be a successful gambler you need to gamble responsibly, to control how much money and time you’re spending on gambling. Gambling needs to be only an entertainment for you, not a lifestyle or a way to make money.
The vast majority of adults who gamble do it responsibly.
When you’re gambling, you’re really just buying some sort of entertainment – be it poker, blackjack, bingo, sports betting or slots. So, as a consumer and as an adult you need to know that you have other responsibilities in life.
Microgaming’s Mega jackpot is at an all-time high, standing at 8.2 million (as of Feb 22).
Mega progressive jackpot, used on games such as Mega Moolah, Mega Moolah Summertime and The Dark Knight™, currently stands at €8.2 million and is rising daily.
Note that winning amount shown on the progressive ticker is paid out in the currency in which the winner has played the game. Therefore, if played in the UK – 8,000,000 is paid in Pounds, however if in Spain, this would be 8,000,000 Euros.
An exciting moment happened last month in Harrah’s Las Vegas. One lucky slots player won $1,026,896 playing IGT's Wheel of Fortune Triple Diamond® on Saturday, Feb 27.
No wonder the new millionaire wishes to remain anonymous – that’s a lot of money!
Wheel of Fortune slot machines were launched by IGT in 1996 and became the most successful slot title of all time. This theme made nearly 1,000 millionaires, giving out $3 billion of jackpots all over the world. The game has more than 200 variations in more than 20 countries.
Aristocrat (Aristocrat Technologies Inc.) and IGS (International Games System Co., Ltd.) have jointly premiered their new mobile slots application -- FA FA FA Slots™. The exciting new mobile game is tailored for the Asia-Pacific Social Casino market.
FA FA FA Slots™ (which translated means Rich, Rich, Rich Slots) for Android, features free-to-play versions of Aristocrat's incredibly popular slot games that can be found in casinos throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Casino Technology is betting on inspiring mix of creative novelties in order to wow visitors at ICE 2025. The company is going to exhibit an impressive mix of land-based and online solutions, designed to enhance both player experience and operator benefits. “With a plead of brand new products and innovative concepts released in 2014, Casino Technology is perfectly positioned for further global expansion, and ICE 2025 could provide an important milestone for these plans”, stated Sonia Nikolova, Business Development Director.
Global gaming entertainment leader IGT (NYSE: IGT) will electrify ICE Totally Gaming with an industry-leading portfolio of cross-platform content, category-defining hardware and results-driven casino management systems. The annual London-based tradeshow is the gaming world’s largest event and the preeminent platform for IGT to debut many of the Company’s show-stopping gaming innovations.
“In today’s ever-changing gaming environment, forward-thinking innovation and expanded content creation and distribution are more important than ever,” said Eric Tom, IGT EVP of Global Sales. “As the industry leader, we meet our customers’ demands for today while creating opportunities for the future. IGT’s portfolio at ICE 2025 represents a smart, dynamic and diverse array of games and systems that enables our casino customers to differentiate themselves and drive play.”
What sort of customer feedback have you received post-merger? There’s still a lot of work going on with the merger and IGT and GTECH remain on target to close the transaction in the 1st Half of Calendar 2025. On January 2, 2025 we announced that our shareholders will vote on the merger agreement on Feb. 10.
