Adding Interactivity to Slot Machines
Interactive slot machines are slot machines that allow you to make winning or losing choices in addition to your regular bet. Normally these are choices of pure chance but small percentages of machines actually have games of skill. This addition gives another full level of play to those bored of just sitting down and pulling down the handle.
Interactive slot machines are the latest change to our favorite casino pastime. While “Interactive Slot Machines” is the correct term, you may also refer to them by their bonus rounds of “Slot Machine Mini-Games” (or even “multiple slot machines”). If you’ve ever passed a slot machine with a screen or a wheel above the reels, chances are you’ve seen an interactive slot machine.
Like the name suggests, you interact with the machine as you play. While you do interact with a regular slot machine by just playing it, choosing the betting amount, and lines to play, interactive slots give you more choices.
As you may notice, more casinos (including online sites) are moving toward themed slot machines. These are slots built around a type of interest like Indiana Jones. An interactive slot machine takes that theme and creates an additional mini-game around it. Mini-games are offered after you get a winning spin. For example, get three “Uncle Festers” and the Addams Family mini game will start.
So what kind of interactive games are offered? Usually they’re the “Pick the right choice” variety. Play a Star Trek theme slot machine and your interactive game could be picking the right members of your landing party, or making the right decisions to fight off enemy ships. The interactive I Dream of Jeannie slot machine gives you a chance to pick the correct bottles on lucky spins. Make the correct choices and you could win additional credits, bonus multipliers, or both! Many of these slots even have stories that advance as you play additional interactive bonus games.
A few interactive slots have a stop button for the reels. If you can hit the stop button at just the right moment you’re a winner! This is harder than it sounds. The reels spin very fast and it’s hard to stop at the right spot.
Like multiline slot machines and progressive slots, interactive slot machines are just another option to keep slots fun. Sure slots have been around for nearly a hundred years, but we’re glad casinos are hedging their bets by making them even more interesting.
Good luck, and we hope you make the right choices on your next bonus rounds.
