Newest skill-based gaming machines arrive on the Strip
The second round of skill-based gaming machines has hit the Las Vegas Strip, allowing players to stake their cash on their abilities to use a cartoon catapult or survive a zombie-infested cornfield.
Gamblit Gaming this week unveiled Tristation, a pod containing three interactive gaming stations, at Planet Hollywood. There are six skill-based games available on each Tristation for players who want to risk money on something a little less random than what traditional slot machines generally offer.
The six games are:
“Into the Dead,” a zombie shooter game that was originally a smartphone game with 72 million downloads.
“Catapult King,” also first a smartphone game, players use a catapult to topple knights and castles.
“Lucky Words,” in which players must quickly put together letters to form words.
“Match 3volution,” in which players create creatures and match them.“smoothie Blast,” in which players swipe fruit to make smoothies.
“Slice of Cake,” in which players slice ingredients to bake a cake.
The Tristation is in the midst of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s New Innovation Beta process, adopted by the board (in response to state legislation) to accelerate the development of new games.
Gamblit introduced another machine, the Model G, in Caesars Entertainment’s resorts and other Strip casinos earlier this year. The Model G comes in two game variants, “Gamblit Poker” and “Cannon Beard’s Treasure,” both of which have received regulatory approval.
Gamblit has two Tristation pods on Planet Hollywood’s casino floor alongside three of the Model Gs. They’re on the south side of the