Online Slot Machine Game's Evolution And History By D.D.D. Tracey At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

From the one armed bandit slot machines of the Wild West to interactive online video slot game extravaganza's has been an interesting evolutionary process. Who would have imagined Slot gaming could have changed so much during the past 120 years. Yet the changes in online video slots from 1995 has out done the changes that took place in slot machines from 1895 to 1990.

Charles Fey is well known for inventing the old time slot machine. Some say that slots even predated Fey but none where as famous or extensively distributed. Fey teamed up with Mills Novelty Company in 1885 to develop and distribute his work of passion, the slot machine. Interestingly enough his slots featured card symbols rather than the well known old time fruit symbols. These first Fey/Novelty slot machines were made of cast iron, cumbersome and heavy. The cast iron bell would ring when a win was hit. This feature is present in most land based casinos today. With the acceptance of the new product came refinement in looks and practicality. Soon slots were being made out of a lighter material, namely wood and sleeker in design.

Many changes took place from then to the 1990 when the Internet began to capture the hearts of almost the entire world. It is not within the scope of this article to name all the changes but everyone has seen movies depicting coin operated machines in casinos before this time period. The image of gushing coins and ecstatic faces comes to my minds eye. Today you can enter land based casinos that offer out dated coin operated slot machines. To me they seem antiquated and out of step compared to the Internet offerings.

Online gambling took hold from 1995 to 2000. Most of the online slot games that were served to the public during these 5 years were simple and almost childish. The games were, mostly one line fruities. As a few years past they began to get more graphically orientated, sophisticated and professional. The payouts were and still are much better than brick and mortar casinos. The overhead of online gaming is much lower than land based casinos. This liberated the operators from an 80% payout to , in many cases 98%. This made the slot games even more popular then before. And I might add they were all coin-less.

Today the better online slot machine games offer graphics composed by some of the most talented graphic arts companies. The new releases are not only beautiful but the games much more interactive. You can start with spinning reels and end up deep into one, two or even three layers of progressive interaction. Personally I enjoy good graphics even more than the action of the game. When I review a new slot I find myself presenting the graphics more than the jackpot. So you can see there are many facets to the enjoyment of new online slot gaming. There is the intricate playing of "Bonus Game" features, "Life Changing" jackpot amounts and wonderful graphics swimming in front of our collective subconscious, stimulating feelings deep within.

Many of today’s top software slot games providers are Flash Casino types. This is a general term meaning you can play the slots from your browser. The software does not have to be downloaded from the casino before you can play them. They are also called a no download slot game or a Mac compatible slot game or Mac compatible casino. These no download slot machine games offer the advantage that you can play them on computers that are not yours. When the computer is not owned by you it is normally not acceptable that you would download new programs in the hard drive. But using them on the surface of the browser is permitted.

So if you have been an avid roulette or table game enthusiast, I beg you to take a close look at some of the better software providers new releases in online slot games. In just a few short years they have come a long way in satisfaction and enjoyment for the players. All the while the roulette table has remained the same. Get ready for a new stage of online slot popularity.

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