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Posted At : November 20, 2008 03:56 PM | Posted By : D McKee
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Let's say you're a Columbia Sussex-type of company and you just can't make those pesky customers go away fast enough. Boy, have I found the product for you!
It's Ainsworth's Oriental-themed "House of Fortune" slot bank. Jackpots are signaled by a deafening crash that has been likened during G2E to: A) a cross between a grandfather clock and a gong; B) a banjo being dropped; and C) getting whacked over the head with a frying pan. (Imagine playing inside Big Ben while it's striking the hour.) Position a few of these puppies around your slot floor and your casino will empty out in record time.
In addition to being in questionable cultural taste (why not just produce a "Fu Manchu"-themed slot?), they're unbelievably disruptive, creating what is surely the most obnoxious sound yet heard on the casino floor. At least "House of Fortune" has the dubious distinction of being the one slot machine that is certain to be heard above the din of every other slot bank you've got.
The G2E press room is in its waning moments, so time forbids a more elaborate report today. Suffice it to say that the G2E watch word was "economy," both in the macro- and micro-senses. As for the former, things will get worse before they get better, we were told. Unfortunately, the same is likely to hold true for the player's experience. In other words, even if you don't like digital blackjack, video craps and electronic poker, too bad: You'd better get used to them ... and less.
So it's a louder version of the Fortune Cookie slot starringMr. Lucky? Every trip I run a $20 into one, just to help preserve America's most racist slot machine.
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