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Louisiana Slot Machines In Some
Tech Trouble
Louisiana offers the
featured online casinos video poker in its land based casinos. However,
rumor has it that these machines are out of date and the centralized
computer system that keeps track of the money that goes in and out of
the casinos is not working properly.
Land based casinos have been using video poker since 1992 and it has
been said that hundreds of millions of dollars has been put into the
machine by gamblers. It is said to cost $100 million to change the out
dated machine of the land based slots.
Many commentators have already suggested that putting online casinos
video poker is opposed to the land based ones in the casinos may be the
better investment. It would mean that instead of putting cash into the
machine, the payment and withdrawal method would mimic that of online
casinos where payments would happen through pay mediums or wire
transfers and bank drafts.
It is questionable how legally online casinos can operate out of a land
based casino and some people have stated that if no video poker was
available in the land casinos, people would not be too bewildered
because of the fad to game in online casinos that is only increasing in
magnitude.
In the meantime, contracts are being given out that will determine if
certain slot machines are mandated to change their system and if they
will be in a 10 year contract. Each system costs $11 million to change
and it would be cheaper to set up as basic online casinos system.
Reports have claimed that between 10,000 to 11,000 machines out of the
14,500 in Louisiana will have to be replaced and it is said to cost
Louisiana a lot of money.
Online casinos investors have been looking around the Louisiana land
based casinos to see if there is anything they can pick up. The problem
is that United States laws forbid online casinos to base out of the
states themselves. An option that the online casinos can take is to
operate from a country where online casinos are legal and just provide
Louisiana with gaming. As of right now however, new policies would have
to be made in Louisiana that would allow its citizens to participate in
online casinos.
Louisiana Amusement and Music Operator Association lobbyist, Alton Ashy,
states that it is vital to get some type of new computer system for the
productivity of the slots. Ashy claims that having a computer system 10
to twelve years old in this day’s technological advancement is
impossible. Just like banks, hospitals and many other fields have had to
replace much of their technology with new and quick technology, so too
does the land based casino industry.
Online casinos seem to be the best route to go because online casinos
have the right technology. However, there is not enough definitive
decision on the status of online casinos and that needs to first be
resolved. Either way, online casinos are also said to continue growing.
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