Intel Inside Casinos: Smarter Ways of Taking Your Money
January 27th, 2010
Dhiram over at Newlaunches spotted this Intel video showing the company’s vision of a modern-day casino, one that can be managed remotely, has electronic card tables, Core2Duo-powered slot machines and even handheld gambling devices.
It’s all fancy tech, but I don’t think the current gambling generation will be so impressed or welcoming of the improvements on their end. I mean, if you’ve been playing poker using good ol’ cards for decades, it won’t be that easy to switch to touchscreens won’t it?
Also, isn’t a Core2Duo slot machine just overkill? Will players be able to send instant messages or emails while playing? Will I be able to blog using the slot machine itself while gambling? Will I?
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I didn’t see anything in there that isn’t already happening at the latest casinos. As a matter of fact, when I was in Vegas earlier this month, I was playing this new WMS Star Trek slot machine that actually creates a permanent user account for you, lets you earn achievements and unlock new levels – then log back in anywhere in the world and still keep track of your status. And at the Palazzo, they were using handheld devices to let people play the sportsbook remotely anywhere in the casino. The table games already have RFID tracking of chips, and the shufflers can read exactly what cards are being dealt.
The future is now when it comes to taking your money.