Each TriStation offers six skill-based games: “Into the Dead”,“Catapult King”, “Lucky Words”, “Match 3volution”, “Smoothie Blast” and “Slice of Cake”.Thegames give players various tasks such as zombie shooting, knocking down castles with a catapult, formingwords from letters, creating creatures or fruit smoothies and even baking a cake.Earlier this year Gamblitintroduced skill-based games in Caesars Entertainment’s resorts along the Strip. It offered two games,“Gamblit Poker” and “Cannon Beard’s Treasure”.
Most of the games have a minimum bet of around$0.50 and a maximum bet of $10. The wins vary from game to game but some offer payouts of up to 300:1depending on the amount bet.The games appear to be popular with visitors, as Gamblit’s chief of marketingDarion Lowenstein said, “If they weren’t making money, they wouldn’t give us the floor space.”Thegames are currently being promoted and there are video trailers for them on screens throughout PlanetHollywood. Furthermore, they are included in loyalty card promotions and flyers given to hotel guests.Gamblitisn’t the only company producing skill-based interactive games.
Konami introduced a version of “Frogger”at the Level Up gaming lounge at the MGM. GameCo. also introduced some interactive games in AtlanticCity.This isn’t a strictly new innovation, a number of years ago there were some interactive gamesintroduced as bonus rounds on slot machines. However, based upon the current trends it looks to becomefar more common.