Bet Inflation Rears Its Head On Mechanical Reel Slots

My Article Just Yesterday On Elvis Presley In Viva Las Vegas Is A Good Example Of This. The Elvis Mechanical Reel Game That Preceded It Was A 5 Line Game, Whereas This One Is A 10 Line Game. So Presuming The Same Denomination, The Cost To Bet All Lines And Be Eligible For Everything Is Now Double.

Another Recent Example Is Double Top Dollar, Found On The Diamondrs Cabinet, Which Has Also Featured Other Games Recently Coming Out Like Double Gold Pinball. In Both Examples, The Games Require 10 Credits To Be Eligible For Everything, Which Is Well Up From 2 Or 3 Credits On These Games Historically Have Required To Be Eligible.
But Ultimately, Many Of These New Machines And The Changes Are Because Players Are Showing An Affinity For Mechanical Reels With More Lines. Everi Practically Owned The Mechanical Reel Top Slots Charts For A Long Time With Their 9-Line Mechanical Reel Formats, Which Has Encouraged Other Manufacturers To Work On 9-Line Or 10-Line Offerings Of Their Own.
So In Some Ways The Bet Inflation Found Here Is Because We As Players Said We’Re Comfortable With It, And The Manufacturers Are Giving Us What We’Ve Indicated We’Ve Wanted. Whether This New Wave Of Games Proves As Popular Remains To Be Seen, But They’Re Coming In Enough Volume That We’Ll See How Players React As They Hit The Floors.