Land-based Casinos in Las Vegas Opt for Video-game Gambling

Casinos in Las Vegas aim to improve their services with innovative ideas in order to keep on being unique and popular.

Online gambling sites in the US report that thanks to the declining popularity of slot games, Las Vegas casinos are about to find the perfect solution for their problems so that they do not start losing anything of their incomes.

Younger people find slot games boring
Skill-based games could be more interesting
Experts believe skill-based casino gambling is a great idea

They have found out that video-gaming is extremely popular among the younger generation. Thanks to this discovery, land-based casinos are about to develop gambling video games in order to attract more new people to join them.

Casino aim to reach out to younger people

The origins of the idea are based on the fact that video games are super popular among the newest generations. In addition, usually the only reward you can get by playing video games is a few praising words in the end of the game, from the creators – that is, of course, if you are not a professional gamer, who makes a living out of playing.

So Las Vegas casinos started brainstorming and aimed for the idea: Wouldn’t it be interesting to pay money for those who play well on those video games? The basic expectation is to revolutionize land-based casino gambling in the state of Nevada by introducing these kinds of games, according to various gaming news.

The main idea is that the prize that each player collects will depend on their performances on these games. The idea of the first few games is that the player would have to destroy tanks of the enemy, blast the aliens who are coming from the sky or driving a race car and taking over all your opponents.

With this innovative idea, the main purpose is to attract younger people. It is clear that slot games are not as interesting or exciting as a well themed video game. At slot games, all you do is sit in front of the machine, waiting for random symbols to pop up. At video games, your skill are much more important and the gameplay is much more entertaining.

Slot games need to be replaced by skill-based casino games

Marcus Prater, executive director of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers was vouching for changing US gambling laws within the state of Nevada. He and his association is the main reason why skill-based gambling games are allowed in the country. “It’s certainly not your father’s one-armed bandit anymore” he said.

Releasing the innovative developments could have a great impact on casino gambling within not only Las Vegas, but in the entire country. Atlantic City is expected to also make some improvements in order to avoid loss of income, but other casinos are also believed to want to launch more skill-based video games, rather than slot machines.

The state of Nevada owns 151,000 slot machines at the moment, according to the reports of US gambling media. These games are purely games of chance because the laws say that everyone has to have the same chance to win, when playing slot games. However, you obviously need lots of skills to play video poker or blackjack.

Land-based casinos needed to find a solution to the problem of losing too much of their incomes. Nevada casinos decreased from the earnings of USD 12.9 billion in 2007 to USD 11 billion in 2014. Their experts estimated that the most important factor in the loss is young people’s lack of interest in slot games.

Many experts believe in the potential of skill-based casino games

Greg Giuffria, a game developer, who is, together with his son, about to create a game, which would allow players to wager while playing video games with joysticks and controllers. He believes that “the next wave of people aren’t going to stand there and play slots. The industry has to change or disappear.”

It is firmly believed that creators of slot machines will get together with video game developers in order to find the perfect balance between gaming and gambling. Moody’s analyst Peter Trombetta has said that he sees a lot of potential behind the idea of skill-based casino games. He added that many people are not interested in standing in front of a machine and pushing only one button.

US gambling news report the words of Eric Meyerhofer, chief executive officer of Gamblit Gaming of Glendale, California, a company which is responsible for launching some of the new games. Meyerhofer said that he believed slots were not going to disappear, but casinos will change and will be improved with club-like feelings, disc-jockeys and bars.

The new laws about allowing to launch the skill-based video games will be brought into the Nevada Gaming Commission as soon as possible. Their decision about this topic is expected in October. Casino representatives from New Jersey announced that they are happy to receive any ideas for new skill-based casino games, as so far there is only one game being reviewed.