Quote Originally Posted by hytail View Post
Thanks for posting @Warren . I enjoy getting observation from the industry perspective. I guess I remember about two years ago SBG news was prevalent and upbeat. Then the small number of machines started to come out and the comments by people trying them were not encouraging. And more recently, you hear nothing.

Time will tell if the industry adjusts or fades on SBG.
Thanks, and yes, the hype has cooled a bit after many of the games have already been pulled off of casino floors.

A couple of years ago I was on a panel at the annual Southern Gaming Summit (Gaming Show in Biloxi) and the topic was skill-based games. It was the founder of one of the skill based gaming companies along with a regulator from New Jersey, and me. They were both really pumping up skill based games and I was kind of the wet blanket

My reasoning is that we've had skill-based games on the casino floor for years, live / video Blackjack and live / video Poker. None of those segments have seen any rapid growth in the past 10 years. Also, at our casino we've tried every (what I call) pseudo-skill based games that have come out. These are games where it may appear that skill play a role but there is no impact on the outcome of the game. Games like Big Buck Hunter, Pong, Breakout, Spin Devil, & Centipede. None of these ever did well... Amazon Fishing still does ok... Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Ripley's, all of those are long gone...