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Bikini Shots and Slot Machines: How Holly Made Her Mark This Week

September 2, 2010 at 12:08 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

At Azure with Bridget. Where’s the bikini? ☹

It’s been too long since we last saw Holly Madison poolside, so we’re glad to see she rocked up to visit Bridget Marquardt at our favey pool party Azure at the weekend (even if she didn’t wear a bikini for the occasion). According to Azure, she said “it’s my first time here and it’s high end and relaxed”. See, Holly? We have the same tastes. It’s almost like we’re BFFs already.

In other news, turns out Holly’s going to Florida for her weeklong vacay, according to her uberfan, Robin Leach.

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You Can Now (Legally) Get Your Hands On Holly Madison's Slot

Where: 3667 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
August 31, 2010 at 11:30 AM | by juliab | 2 Comments

And you won't even get a restraining order

Having devoted bajillions of megabytes to the world domination of Holly Madison, we thought we knew every last claim to fame that Madders possesses but here’s one we didn’t know about – Holly Madison slot machines!

La Madz Twitpicced this one last night, and rest assured, we will be right down there to get our hands on her buttons and our fists in her slot.

But in the way down, what we really want to know is: how the hell did we miss these before? We’re thinking they must be new, from her use of the #milestone hashtag, but still, we feel like this is something we should have known about. Why didn’t Planet Hollywood set up a red carpet for the unveiling, huh?

Does Holly’s slot live up to expectations? We’ll roadtest it very soon and let you know!

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Go Pound Sand: Playing The Amazing Race Slot

August 20, 2010 at 12:01 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 1 Comment

We were REALLY hoping to take down that $3.19 jackpot. Better luck next time.

We were off Strip checking out the mermaid at the Silverton Casino recently when we spotted the Amazing Race Slot Machine which IGT started rolling out over the past few months. You can now also find the Amazing Race at most Strip casinos including Aria, Caesars, Harrah's, and MGM Grand. We'd expect the progressives to be more tempting on the Strip - at least they can't be any worse right?

The slot is a progressive penny slot setup in groups of four and include the MEGAfx Surround Sound chairs that you may recognize from the Sex and the City slots. Since it’s a newer machine it unfortunately doesn’t have silver fox Andy Cooper at the helm, but we’ve come to love host Phil Koeghan who gets plenty of air time.

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First Toto, Now Frodo Hits The Slots

Where: 11011 W Charleston [map], 89135
July 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 2 Comments

Shhhh, I think that whackjob is watching us again...

Slot machines have come a long way since they looked like rusty cash registers and clanged out coins to today where a digitized Monopoly dog bounces down a yellow brick road. (Yes, we mixed two games there see. And some might not agree that’s progress).

We were walking through Red Rock Resort this week and a new, glitzy slot machine caught our eye. Actually, it was Bilbo and Frodo Baggins that stopped us in our tracks. Yes, a row of Lord of the Rings slot machines sat against the wall.

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Relics from Old Vegas: Mandalay Bay's $1 Slot Coin

January 4, 2010 at 7:43 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

With the ushering in of CityCenter last month, it became clear that Vegas was changed forever. These fancy new hotels and their giant, high-tech casino have firmly placed Vegas in the 21st century. Even the skyline of Vegas no longer looks the same.

So little is left of Old Vegas, and even of Turn of the Millennium Vegas, that we feel it's our duty to every so often walk down memory lane and gaze longingly on the relics of Old Vegas (yes, anything before 2005 can be considered Old Vegas.)

Before there were interactive slot machines, there was good, old-fashioned pull the lever slot machines. Your winnings did not come on a printed piece of paper but instead coins fell out the bottom of the slot machine in a rumble of noise. The sound it made, whether your jackpot was big or small, was heavenly and no computerized printer can ever duplicate it.

The only problem was your hands did get quite dirty from using the coins in your coin bucket. But so what? Casinos gave out hand-wipes to get you cleaned up again.

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Tired of Waiting for Jackpot? Pick a Place for Dinner from Your Slot Machine

Where: 3730 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], 89109
December 21, 2009 at 2:17 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

If you find yourself playing slots at the just-opened Aria Resort and Casino, you might notice there's some action going on the screen, that has nothing to do with hitting jackpot.

The Aria slot machines all have an interactive component that allows you to surf the offerings at the hotel such as the restaurants, nightclubs, and even room descriptions. You can even check on your Players Club status too.

Simply touch the screen on the category you want and up pops descriptions of the offerings. So if you're deciding where to eat for the night, you can peruse the listings here.

Aside from reading about all the things you want to do after you cash out, several slot machines will allow you to switch to another game, right at the same machine. So if you are sick of playing "Noah's Ark" you can request the machine to start playing, "Betti the Yetti" simply by pressing the game button at the top of the screen.

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TV Fans Geek Out for 'Sex' Slot Machines

December 16, 2009 at 5:46 PM | by Whalehead | 0 Comments

UPDATE: Planet Hollywood is a beta tester for the game. Very cool.

Fanatics of the popular HBO television program “Sex and the City” had reason to geek this week, when slot machine manufacturer IGT unveiled new devices with themes from the show.

The slots, which will debut in Las Vegas and Reno early next year, were made under the MegaJackpots label, and have been accessorized with IGT's popular Multi-Level Progressives and MultiPLAY game functionality.

They enable players to wager denominations of up to $1 per credit. The machines also offer bettors a chance at five progressive jackpots and four bonus games.

With each bonus game, players will get to watch their favorite video clips (such as that insufferable "Hello, lover!" line) from the HBO series. What’s more, a video image of Mr. Big talks players through the bonus games, cheers them on and congratulates them on their wins (proving that the slot machine indeed objectifies us men as much as the television show did).

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Come to The Dark Side...Video Slots Machine

November 12, 2009 at 8:06 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Are casinos now going after middle-aged nerds? We kid, we kid. Seriously, don't send us angry hate mail. You're not middle-aged nerds and it's totally fine if you play slots. Especially this kind. The Star Wars video slots feature "authentic characters, vehicles, footage, dialogue and sound effects from the films." And they are penny slots so you can play them forever.

We ourselves are no better than the smoking granny slots players you often see. We'll play Wheel of Fortune 'til we're bankrupt and then we'll sit at a penny slot machine for hours drinking Manhattans and 'tsk, 'tsk-ing the girls who walk by in short dresses with their boobies hanging out.

So really, The Star Wars Dark Side slots players are way cooler us.

Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Prive needs bankruptcy protection [LVRJ]
· The Bellagio will unveil Winter Wonderland on Dec. 6 in its conservatory featuring a 45-ft Mt. Shasta fir tree [Bellagio]
· The Venetian and The Palazzo will host Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s 5th annual Carnivale du Vin charity event this Saturday. Neville Brothers are promised. Tickets are a whopping $1,000 [Venetian]
· Michael Jackson, the newest Cirque du Soleil show?

[Photo: Enersauce]

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Um, Does Tyra Banks Know About This Slot Machine?

September 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Last night, we were skulking around Encore Las Vegas and taking great joy in watching all the people place their bets on number 9 at the roulettes table. Normally, we don't pay any attention to the slot machines in the background with fantasy themes like sirens, mermaids, medieval wenches, damsels in distress, etc. We're strictly Double or Triple Diamond slots and Wheel of Fortune. But this 25-cent slot machine caught our eye.

Look familiar? Supermodel, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Coyote Ugly, awkward interviewer, recent Daytime Emmy winner?

This game, Witches Riches looks suspiciously similar Tyra Banks. (We actually thought Beyonce first but after a closer look, we think it's Tyra all the way.)

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Penny Slots Making Big Bucks for Gaming Companies

Where: 89109
September 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM | by Whalehead | 0 Comments

As reported in USA Today earlier this week, penny slots have emerged as the most popular form of gambling in the current economic slowdown. Naturally, then, the one-cent guzzlers also have become a cash cow for Las Vegas casino hotels.

According to the article, Nevada was slow to pick up on the trend to penny slots, but in the past two years, Silver State casinos have added more than 7,000 penny slot machines and removed 12,000 machines that require bigger bets.

What’s more, statistics from the Nevada Gaming Control Board indicate revenue from every form of gambling has fallen in Nevada during the recession — except penny slots. Penny slot revenue was up 3 percent in the year ending June 30. The 32 other types of gambling tracked by Nevada regulators — from sports betting to roulette — plummeted 19 percent.

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The Most Popular Ways To Cheat in Vegas

July 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM | by VegasChatter | 0 Comments

If Las Vegas and gambling are synonymous then Las Vegas and cheating are kissing cousins. These days Vegas visitors get inspired by the embellished non-fiction of Ben Mezrich, the online hacks to creating your own slot cheating device, and the immediacy of Googling "how to cheat Vegas."

Below we present to you the most popular and prevalent ways to attempt to cheat in Las Vegas. Well, we did leave out the drunken grab-a-bunch-of-chips and run, but we didn't set the bar much higher.

Point is over the years skilled cheats have allegedly taken Vegas casinos for millions of dollars. The sprees of these cheats never last long however, because as quick and skilled as the best of these cheats are, the Nevada Gaming Commission and the casino security crews are bigger, faster, and have far greater resources. That doesn't stop the cat and mouse game between cheats and casinos, nor the cottage industry that has sprung up in the last decade or so -- cashing in on your cheating stories with books, television and the web. Yeah.

That said, here are the most popular targets of Vegas cheaters along with the way skilled players try to "advantage play" these games.

Mandatory Disclaimer: The following information is for entertainment purposes only. VegasChatter does not condone or participate in any form of casino cheating. If you or anyone you know is dumb enough to try to cheat in a casino you will more than likely be caught and at best lose your casino privileges, and at worst end up in jail facing a giant fine and we will not and can not be held responsible for your dilemma.

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