Stop Predatory Gambling

Financial losses, not winning, is the purpose of the new Sex in the City slot machines

by spgadmin

The Las Vegas Sun reports about the new Sex in the City slot machine based on the hit TV show. According to the story:

Although typical slot machines feature one screen of spinning reels, this game divides the screen into four sections, with four games going at once. The game is part of a product line called MultiPlay that encourages gamblers to play multiple games. Playing one game isn’t much fun because only one-fourth of the screen lights up.

Playing multiple games, such as multiple hands of blackjack, is presumably more stimulating but can be expensive. The cheapest spin of the “Sex and the City” game costs $2, as a minimum of 200 credits at 1 cent each will cover all four games. Gamblers can wager up to three credits on each of the 30 “paylines” attached to each game, or $6 per spin. At 5 cents per 200 credits, a spin would cost $10.

One commenter who posted beneath the story wrote: “The player is expected to pay $50-$500 per hour to PLAY a game as the game is entertaining you. There is no winning. Stay away from all slots until real GAMBLING odds return, and the gambler has a chance to win. If you want to play a game buy a video game consol, you can play and not pay. This shift from paying to playing has ruined Las Vegas and wiped out the casual gambler. People want to play and win, not just pay to play. Paying to play without a chance at winning is not entertainment.”

Exactly. And that is why predatory gambling is the only product or service where the people who own it and promote it don’t use it.