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Feature Article: Slots 2008 - IGT "The Right Vision – Right Now and For the Future" is the theme that tells the story for IGT. Three trailblazing MegaJackpots products have been introduced: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade slot featuring a multi-layer 3-D display, Star Wars and eBay video slot. IGT's M-P Series multi-player games feature Roulette Revolution, Golden Baccarat and Triple Towers horse racing versions, and Digideal table technology will be represented by five game themes including Digital 21, DragonBacc and Texas Hold 'Em. New IGT video slot themes include Golden Tiger Eternal Dragon and Fame & Fortune, both two-level progressives; Golden Gate, featuring the industry's first horizontal expanding-wild symbol feature; Lion Dance, Desert Spirit, Lil' Lady and Mayan Riches. In addition to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars MLP and eBay, the MegaJackpots line spotlights the Diamond Jackpots and World Poker Tour Multi-Level Progressives, Wheel of Fortune Super Spin Video Slots Five-Station, Multi-Strike Triple Diamond, and two new themes – New York and Hawaii -- on the Wheel of Fortune Multi-Level Progressive slot. New spinning-reel themes include several multi-progressives: 5-reel, 30-line Sizzling 7s and 4-reelers Silver Fire 7's and Thunderbird 7's, as well as Double Fire Opal MultiWay and Triple Jackpot MultiWay. New video poker themes are Ultimate 4-of-a-Kind, Multi-Strike Poker Deluxe, and four new Action Gaming themes: Random Rewards Poker, Friday Night Poker, Good Times Pay Poker, and Quick Quads. New Barcrest USA games include Ring Master, Top Dollar Deluxe, and Blue Blazes. IGT features new additions for Class II gaming, Video Red Hot Jackpots for Central Determination Systems markets, and new games for lottery jurisdictions. Guaranteed Play, the first product of the Walker Digital/IGT collaboration with products ranging from video poker to video slots and table games. IGT plans to expand the WagerWorks online game library with new themes like MegaJackpots Monopoly to include the Pass Go Bonus, MegaJackpots Cluedo with Free Spin Mystery Bonus, and ELVIS Multi-Strike.

Slots Reviews
Slot descriptions/reviews are listed by Slot Name, Manufacturer, payout range offered, (low to high) and average hit frequency if available.
1) Dean Martin’s Wild Party: Wms Gaming. 86-96%. 1 spin	All I can say is, “Wow” – a 60 payline slot featuring the tunes of Deano and a hit frequency of 83% resulting in a hit nearly every spin! This series is called Money Burst with 2 symbols on each of the first two reels and 4 symbols on each the other three reels. The 60 paylines all begin with the same 2 symbols on first two reels; however, they switch to wild symbols for the free spin round thus multiplying the winning combinations. The free spin event starts in 3 possible ways. a) If 4 four symbols on the first two reels match, these symbols remain and 5 free spins are awarded. b) If 3 scatters show up on the third, fourth and fifth reels, five free spins are awarded. You then pick a microphone or a jewel box that in turn replaces all 4 symbols on the first two reels. Again, these picks remain during the 5 free spins. c) Line up both combinations of a) first two reels and b) scatter pays on other 3 reels at which time you again pick the microphone or jewel symbols – but there are 20 free spins awarded here. Dean will serenade you with the tune “Ain’t that a Kick in the Head” while a nice reward awaits at the end of the free spin bonus round. This slot version is a party not to be missed.
2) Bagpipe Bonus: Bally. 87-96%. 1-2 spins	The game keeps it simple with graphics of Scottish bagpipes and plenty of scatter pays but with a high hit frequency. Gather 3 or more scatters anywhere on the reels and receive 5, 10 or 100 times, the total wager while 5 scatter symbols pays 20,000 credits for max coin in play at max. coin. Should the lion symbol appear on the second, third or fourth reel, the entire reel becomes wild for multiple credits. The main bonus event occurs when 3 or more drum symbols appear in any position on neighboring reels, you pick one of the symbols to launch one of the free spin options to include a certain number of spins plus a multiplier. Line up 5 Bagpipe Bonus symbols and the top jackpot of 20,000 credits X the line bet is yours. Be sure to ‘tune in’ to this ‘slot hit’.
3) Sphinx Classic: Atronic. 87-97%. 3 spins.	The excitement factor is met with this newer version of the Sphinx product line with a bonus event that garners more credits. Here’s how it goes: Three, four or five Scarab symbols pay a scatter win, while 3 or more Coin Symbols begin the Sphinx bonus. You are then lead to the Egyptian burial chamber where five sarcophagi await your choice. Your choices reveal either a credit award or Sphinx symbol that carries you to the next level of the Sphinx Chamber. Once inside the chamber, your choice of the correct Sphinx symbol results in a higher mystery bonus win. Additionally and apart from other versions, if you find the correct Sphinx, you receive all the other credit awards combined. This version may also include Mystery Magic Progressive awarded at random by the casino. “Me Sphinx”, this is the classiest of Tut’s versions.

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Jackpot Bulletin: Winning Stories
1) Cashola Winner	Ca$hola, the first multi-state progressive video lottery game in the US has reported it’s first winner at Dover Downs Casino and she is Ingrid Karas of Dover, DE with a $318,760. strike. Ms. Karas, a retired telephone operator tells her story. “I had never played the game before. I put my voucher in the Kingdom of Pharaohs machine, hit the button four times and the symbols lined up five kings in a row. The screen showed that I won 36 credits.” I thought, “I only get 36 credits for 5 fives?” “All of a sudden, bells went off the picture changed and the screen showed that I had won the jackpot. I was dumbfounded. I thought this has to be a mistake.” “Then people started running over and screaming, you won! and I began to get excited. I felt as though I might fall down, but I thought, if I do I’ll never get back up again.” Karas is a regular visitor to the Dover Downs casino, “because I’m a gambler,” she stated. “I really enjoy playing the penny slots. It’s just fun. It gives us something to do. And I’d rather play here than anywhere else.” Plans, together with her hubby, include paying a couple of bills, taking care of two children, go on a few trips and enjoy their retirement. Karas stated additional plans, “we’ll go back to Long Island, do some fishing, see old friends and then take a trip to Mississippi for my birthday.”
2) Pennies Result in a MegaJackpot Win	July Rowe, an accountant from Warsaw, IN struck for a $708,135 jackpot while playing a Wheel of Fortune Special Edition MegaJackpot penny slot at the Four Winds Casino, MI. “Wheel of Fortune is my favorite,” Rowe stated and this machine was “the only seat available at the time.” After her big win was realized, she said, “I was in shock. I did not know how much I won. But my husband did.” Rowe’s winnings will be used to purchase a new car and house plus pay off some bills.
3) Trade Show Visit Produces a Huge Payday	Shi Chul Kum of Flower Mound, TX, visiting a Vegas trade show was the shocked winner of $3,080,610. at a Wheel of Fortune progressive slot. Kum had spent only $40 at the 50-cent Megajackpot game at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. “I was just passing through the casino after leaving the trade show and I thought I’d try my luck,” said the new millionaire. “When I saw what I won, I went totally blank. I could not think.” Future plans include a cash infusion for his business.

Readers FYI: Current gaming news of interest. As this study reports, Canadians love to gamble. I would be curious to know what the list would be now. It used to be US and Australia as 1 and 2 for number of gamblers, but today the Chinese would have to be considered. Your comments are welcome. 1) Gambling is largest, most economically significant industry in Canada A yearlong study released by the Canadian Gaming Association says gaming is the country's largest and most economically significant employment industry. Read more... Gambling revenues may be dropping elsewhere, but the Biloxi Coast proves otherwise. 2) Bullish on Coast economy at airline summit Biloxi - The economy might be sluggish elsewhere in the country, but it's robust on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, speakers said at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Airline and Tourism Development Summit. Read more... Playing cards may not only be uncertain for your wallet, but your health as well. 3) When Cards and Germs Are Wild No matter what version of poker you play, it’s a game where bluffers prosper. But some scientists have found that money isn’t the only thing people put to chance when they gather around the card table. If you play the game regularly, you are likely to win an opponent’s achy, oozing cold. In fact, the sniffles are a more sure bet than going home with the most chips. Read more... With the release of the Movie 21, this article is timely. 4) Confessions of a card counter I don’t know how many times I’ve been banned from playing blackjack in casinos. In the parlance of the game, I’ve “lost the count.” I savored the irony when it happened for the 21st time (get it, 21?), but now I usually just say “dozens.” Read more... If you think that casino extras are not coming your way as before, this article will be of interest. 5) Casinos’ Catering to the Affluent instead of the Faithful has chased away Regulars I was your customer: As you were the first casino to open here, I didn’t expect you to really be too generous. But having to pay for valet parking and casino admission, giving me cheap players club benefits (with no cash back and “secret comps” that I had to always ask for) and seeing inflated buffet prices on weekends, all seemed a little too strong to me. And now that you and your competitors have free parking, “tiered” players clubs with strong comps, and routine discounts for the buffet, well, I feel that perhaps you had been ripping me off before. Yes, I was your customer. But make no mistake; I am still a customer, just not a customer of yours. At least not until you can show me that my wishes and I are more important than your rules, your margins and your managers’ bonuses. Read more... After reading #5, I believe that the next 2 items are hardly surprising. 6) A.C. casinos closed 2007 with losses Atlantic City casinos are on a losing streak. The city's 11 gambling halls lost $230.3 million in the past quarter, compared to a profit of $57.7 million in the 2006 fourth quarter, leading to a loss of $59.7 million for 2007, compared to a profit of $364.6 million in 2006. Read more... 7) Nevada Economy: Even seemingly favorable factors can't prevent gaming win slip Despite a month that included Chinese New Year, Super Bowl weekend, the three-day Presidents Day weekend, a favorable calendar and one extra day thanks to the leap year, gaming revenues statewide fell almost 4 percent in February, giving Wall Street cause for concern. Read more...

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