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Vegas News Las Vegas Sports World, Pac-Man Slots, Money And More Posted by: Marc, April 23, 2017 There’s so much happening in Las Vegas that I actually had to break out a section because the article would have been impossible to read.

[toc]It looks like real-money and skill-based gaming company Gamblit Gaming is about to go all in. They’re betting on one of the most popular video games of all time in what’s setting up to be the ultimate litmus test for what’s long been touted as the next big thing in casino gaming.

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Gamblit announced this week it has struck a deal with legendary video game developer Bandai Namco Entertainment. The two will launch a “one-of-a-kind casino experience” called Pac-Man Battle Casino next year. That’s right, a real-money skill-based gambling version of the iconic arcade game Pac-Man is headed to casinos.

The original Pac-Man

The original Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games of all time. Namco first released it in 1980. Midway brought it to North America that same year.

Dozens of sequels have launched since, including the equally iconic Ms.Pac-Man. Plus, the game has been released for almost every home console and video game device ever invented. Yes, you can now play a version of Pac-Man on your iPhone too.

The original Pac-Man arcade game is one of the highest-grossing video games of all time. In fact, experts say the game pulled in more than $2.5 billion, one quarter at a time, through the 1980s and 1990s. The game created billions more in sales of related merchandise and game sequels. It became a social phenomenon.

Pac-Man has become so ingrained in American culture over the years that one of the original Pac-Man arcade games now sits in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The Guinness Book of World Records also calls it the most successful coin-operated game in history.

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Real-money and skill-based games

Up until now, real-money and skill-based gaming companies like Gamblit have trotted out some relatively innocuous titles that haven’t exactly taken the casino industry by storm.

Gamblit has its skill-game tables in Las Vegas, Nevada casinos including Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, and Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. There are also a few at other gambling venues around the country.

Its games include the naval warfare title Cannonbeard’s Treasure and multi-player card game Gamblit Poker. But they haven’t exactly drawn headline-grabbing numbers since they launched.

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Fellow video game gambling machine developer GameCo launched a first-person shooter and a brand-free basketball game in Atlantic City, New Jersey casinos last year. It has since expanded to offer its games at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

It also has Terminator 2 and DJ Steve Aoki games in development, but has yet to launch any kind of game changer into the casino market.

GameCo did announce earlier this year that it had also partnered with Bandai Namco and planned to launch a casino version of the popular fighting game SoulCaliber II by the end of the year.

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The ultimate litmus test

That should be a bit of a litmus test for GameCo. But for Gamblit and the entire real-money and skill-based gaming sector, Pac-Man sets up as an even bigger test.

Developers have been touting real-money and skill-based games as the next big draw for casinos for a while now. They’ve claimed video game-style slots will be what draws the next generation of gamblers into casinos.

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But what if people don’t turn up in droves to play an enduringly popular game like Pac-Man? The question will have to be whether people will turn up for any skill-based casino games at all. The answer to that could leave real-money and skill-based games on the scrap heap. Then companies like Gamblit and GameCo will be out looking for something new to call the next big thing.

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This video slot had a big debut back when it was first released. I remember seeing a whole slew of the machines around Caesar’s Atlantic City and the machines were jammed. People were hitting the bonus rounds, credits were up, everyone was having fun, so what happened??!! Good question, was it merely people caught up in the new game and they were just pumping in the cash and staying around till the machines were hitting; or was the illusion that because so many machines in one area were being played it just appeared that people were doing well? Whatever, today you may not even find a single Pac Man machine in AC. There was a MS. Pac Man released that got about as much attention as an ice machine in Alaska. The game itself was fun with the ghosts and bonuses. The bonus was a predetermined outcome but you could have fun rooting along anyway. The munchers bonus was always a bit different and you also had fun cheering the pac dude on hoping he would get all the fruits and symbols on the board. There was also the other bonus with the yellow circles; really this was a decent game. I have to deeply wonder if they perhaps reset the rng chips after the initial month or so. These machines faded too quickly, not being a weekly visitor I cannot say much but I have read/heard speculation that the casinos will order these machines at a high chip and then change them at a later time. I know that if I send a letter like this to Strictly Slots and they will chastise me with all the rigmarole about how much work, the fleet of techs and casino control people it would take to do this, yada, yada, yada, but I write this as a player, I do not receive full page ads from the casinos or the slot manufacturers. I have seen this type of situation before, I remember The Game of Life in Caesar’s, when it came out everyone seemed to be hitting, myself include,a couple trips later $20 after $20 and nothing?? I don’t know , but I would like to delve deeper into this type of scenario. I have seen these supposed maintenance checks when relatively new and working machines are roped off, and the screen reads the temporarily out of order, they are ticket in ticket out, so they can’t be doing hopper fills, ok maybe they are changing the paper for the tickets, but I am a skeptic. Well, back to the Pac Man machine, all I know is that shortly before their exodus from the casino floor, the few times I playedwere absolutely horrible, why the sudden loss of overall popularity, maybe it’s just a case of flavor of the month but you would think they would have kept a few around. The base game was a bit tough to keep your credits up as the hits were frequent but about 50% of your bet. I am not sure if this was an Atari based game but the manufactuer was on the money with a decent game that was a good target for the 40-50 somethings out here. 3 cherries