Source:www.dbgweb.com

You knew it had to happen sooner or later, slot machines that are "server based," as is virtually everything else these days.

Since slot players are dedicated to their pastime and despite a gambler's love of a particular machine, or type of machine, most devotees do seek out new, innovative machines from time to time.

So, how do casinos make changes to machines in order to offer a different "scheme" without having to physically remove machines and replace them with different versions?

Use a server, that's how. Slot machines are now nothing more than computer terminals anyway, and we all update the software and operating systems in our computers when necessary, so why not do the same with slot machines.

Of course the use of servers and a network has given rise to concerns about hacking, but the inventors of this system, "IGT", insist that it will not allow gamblers to be cheated or disadvantaged.

Here's the story which includes an interesting history of slot machine technology.