WOULD YOU GAMBLE ON THIS? Or are we about to lose our shirts

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kidgloves wrote:Well, there is a very skewed view of this style of machine already out on the net. If you try any of the Billy Hill's 'pub style' machines, yes you get the feature board but very soon realize that it's really a big con, no progression, just random number gen boards that frequently offer £1-£3 and nothing much more.
You would really have to demonstrate some savvy programming to convince players that they are not trying Physeptone or some other hybrid.

Ere....what's wrong with m-e-t-h-o-d-o-n-e then.
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milk monitor wrote:Agree with Mat on this your talking £100K minimum to get this baby off the ground.

As they say on Dragons Den.....

Am uuoottt

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wouldnt put green arrows on it mate if you go through with it. will you beable to use a virtual refil key on em ?
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I have actually thought about this myself, but when you break it down there are so many factors which are rate limiting. I could generate brilliant game concepts, I am confident of that. I cannnot program modern computers, so I would have to learn or pay someone. Both have their obvious flaws. Then there are issues with making it legit and operating secure software.
I would have a casino with the 'uk AWP' section as an add on. Roulette is an international game, uk hi-tech AWP are not. Once you did get it up and running you could offer far higher %s than the high street and although it might be something of a lost leader compared to roulette/slots, I feel it'd still make money.
The trouble is starting the darn thing and getting it to run successfully. I don't have the knowledge to do that.
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kidgloves wrote:
kidgloves wrote:Well, there is a very skewed view of this style of machine already out on the net. If you try any of the Billy Hill's 'pub style' machines, yes you get the feature board but very soon realize that it's really a big con, no progression, just random number gen boards that frequently offer £1-£3 and nothing much more.
You would really have to demonstrate some savvy programming to convince players that they are not trying Physeptone or some other hybrid.

Ere....what's wrong with m-e-t-h-o-d-o-n-e then.
My sentence is now lost on most readers, c'mon own up mods...

JG: Sorry JG here, being ultra pedantic. I noticed a generic spelling error and substituted a proprietary (I've probably spelt that wrong) brand name due to the overpowering fumes of the corrective liquid used on this website. Ignore me, I was just in a very strange mood last night. MethAdone.
Yes, well the spelling 'error' was intended for reasons I thought would be obvious... ah well, my bad, your good, our brilliance....
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Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! wrote:
milk monitor wrote:Agree with Mat on this your talking £100K minimum to get this baby off the ground.

As they say on Dragons Den.....

Am uuoottt

(I'm out in a Scottish accent)
Is Peter Jones Scottish?
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Extreme Eddie wrote:Duncan Bannatyne is the Jock.
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sorry thought you were on about the duncan bannatyne casino:


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What about percentage control?

Does everyone play the same virtual machine at the same time, or do you provided say 20 of each game, and allow the player to pick?

Each "machine" would need to be independant to make it playable otherwise you could get a feature every spin for X plays assuming lots of others are playing it at the same time, and they could get bugger all. It'd eliminate the gameplay.

Then if they are independant, everytime someone comes on the machine they want to play is "taken" they'll stop coming back. If you make a limitless amount of each machine, are they generated flat/ready-ish/same state?

You'd have to store all these percentage values for the future.

Its a bit of a logistical nightmare, and seems to me to make it work you'd have to limit the number of machines hence negating the whole on-demand aspect of online gaming.

good luck if you go ahead.
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