Slot Machines of Tomorrow 

The slot machines that we have today are a far cry from the ones of yesteryear. The original one had very little to do with all of the bells and whistles that there are today, and although it has been a gradual change from one to the other, the changes are substantial. Initially the first slot machines had reels and you put a quarter into them and hoped that more would come out. You pulled the handle and hoped for the best.  

Then you started seeing slot machines with buttons instead of handles – or in some cases they had both. Those slot machine players that wanted to still pull the handle could, and those that wanted to push a button could do that. And you started seeing more lines across the front of the slot machine as well. Instead of choosing to have one line across and hope that you could hit something, instead you started seeing 3, 6, 12, 25 and so on and you could choose how much you wanted to bet on those lines.  

The amounts that you could win increased as well – instead of hoping for maybe a hundred dollars now players were hoping for millions. Cash went away and instead there became a ticket in and ticket out situation so that players did not have to handle the money anymore. For many this was not a welcome change as they liked the sound of the coins hitting the bin – so some slot machines added the sound effect in. 

But experts say that for all our revolutions in the slot machine industry we are not even close to what their capabilities might be. Every year the manufactures of the slot machines come out with bigger and better offerings and new technologies that put the ones of yesterday to shame. They say that this next decade is going to have a lot to show for itself in the slot machines industry and that it should prove to be very exciting.