Sign up for our Casino Insider newsletter and get the week’s best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. Class II machines use an internal formula based on a bingo game and its patterns, said Ryan Johnson, director of Class II sales for Video Game Technologies, Inc., an arm of larger slot machine manufacturer Aristocrat which specializes in Class II slot machines.Īt the conference, VGT showed off a couple of the Class II machines, including Wonder 4 Jackpots and The Hunt for Neptune’s Gold. Traditional casino slot machines, which are considered Class III machines, utilize a random number generator. We picked out four that may soon arrive at a casino near you.
This year’s conference, held earlier this month at Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego County, included a trade show where more than a dozen exhibitors set up shop to show off their products and services. Over the span of only a couple decades Southern California’s casinos have grown from small-scale gaming operations to full-fledged resorts boasting hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues and more.Īs the properties continue to evolve, one of the places casino operators go to not only to get a pulse on the industry, but also learn about what’s new, is the Western Indian Gaming Conference.
