New slot machines in Vegas

Slot machines are the biggest and most popular games offered at casinos throughout the world. They are also the most profitable portion of a casino’s bottom line as players seem to play them continuously 24 hours per day in an attempt to win that huge and elusive jackpot.

In order to make slot machines such a huge hit, gaming companies are always striving to offer the latest and greatest thing to punters in an effort to draw them in. With technological advances this is possible now more than ever, allowing players to immerse themselves in a television or film property instantly, potentially winning huge cash prizes in the process.

New land slot machines generally launch in quarterly segments, and many of the games themselves are premiered at trade shows such as the Global Gaming Expo and the ICE Show in London. At the most recent show dozens of spectacular games were teased, complete with wonderfully constructed game cabinets, large flat screen displays, and crisp music that will boom throughout the casino.

One of the favorite things on my annual calendar is to travel to the G2E convention in Las Vegas where all the leading slot manufacturers give sneak previews of their biggest new titles that will be released over the coming year. Companies such as Bally Technologies, WMS, IGT, Konami and Aristocrat all offer slot machines to land establishments across the world and for G2E attendees you can get the chance to play all their brand new slot machines before they hit the casino floors in Las Vegas.

This years show was a blast and there were some big titles announced. New releases for 2015 include exciting new slots such as The Flintstones and Elton John slots by WMS, which are both set for release in the fall. IGT has fired back with the interactive and immersive Ellen DeGeneres Show slots, with 2 separate games due to be launched. Other big games coming to a casino near you soon are the groovy Austin Powers, and bird hunting hillbilly game Duck Dynasty.

2014/2015 Vegas Highlights

Having spoken with alot of slot fanatics at the G2E convention it seems these are the games players had enjoyed the most. I'm normally quite skeptical when I see a new "themed" game released in casinos. I've found that many of these games such as Family Guy and the DC comic games are incredibly tight and will empty the wallet quickly. However, these soon to be released slots received mostly positive feedback and should make for entertaining play when they are finally made available to the public.