Sentences with phrase «said slot machines»
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«Over time they've been allowed to increase the number of slot machines and other games,» he says.
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«The psychological mechanism at play here - intermittent variable rewards - is the same as the one that gets people hooked on slot machines,» Nixon says.
It is true that of the thousands of people who live in or travel to Reno every year most do not become addicted to slot machines or roulette tables; only a comparative few can not say No to the urge to gamble.
After listening to a denial that God inflicts tragedies randomly, the journalist intervened with: «I don't understand what you are trying to say... What you seem to be arguing for is a slot machine God... the suffering that has been imposed upon the people of Haiti, many of them clearly innocent, is random.»
«Picture yourself as a Las Vegas slot machine,» says veteran mom Lisa Levi.
«It's like the slot machine effect, she says.
Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa says the governor proposes video slot machine centers if his proposal for four Las Vegas - type casinos is defeated.
Del Lago, which pays a 37 percent tax to the state on its slot - machine earnings and 10 percent on table games, has not said specifically what it wants from lawmakers — although a tax break could be in the cards.
Cuomo, in perhaps another attempt to win a deal with the Senecas, says in his bill that if the disagreement continues, then the state would site two additional Video Lottery Terminals, which are essentially slot machines, in Western New York.
As far as the cities of Niagara Falls, Salamanca and Buffalo, which play host to Seneca Nation casinos, Gates says they'll continue to receive that slot machine revenue; though due to recent declines in profit, he says the overall amount will likely be less than before.
He says it's already here - there are several Indian run casinos, and racinos, with slot like machines, at numerous horse racing tracks.
«The conversation with Genting» will be about «the expansion of the racino,» Cuomo said, referring to the limited gambling parlor currently at Aqueduct that includes slot machines but no live gambling tables for games like poker or roulette.
A Faso spokesman says that according to the state Board of Elections, voters in Columbia County were instructed to place their ballots into a separate slot on the scanning machine for provisional ballots and that replacement ballots were to be at all polling places no later than 4 p.m.
Nassau Regional Off - Track Betting will select a temporary site for up to 1,000 video slot machines and electronic table games by Dec. 1, with the facility opening as early as the spring, County Executive Edward Mangano said.
He says New York already has gambling, with the slot like machines connected to the state's lottery system at race tracks.
The slot machine in the background says jackpot totaled $ 28,737.82.
The Senecas say they are abiding by the terms of the compact the tribe signed in 2002, which they say called for the tribe to share a quarter of slot machine revenues at the three casinos in Western New York.
«We'll have 1,050 slot machines, 63 tables, 16 poker tables and an entertainment lounge,» said Joe Scibetta, Vice President of Operations Rush Street Gaming.
The developers say they hope to operate 85 table games and 2,000 slot machines.
The payment, which county officials said was due March 31, comes from revenue from video slot machines at Aqueduct Racetrack.
«I rather have conversations than say, «OK, you stop paying us the money for the compact and then we'll tell you, you can't have slot machines at all in the state,» Aresimowicz said.
In particular, Mr. Cuomo cited the Seneca Nation, which he said has been withholding some $ 500 million owed the state from its casinos because of a disagreement over expanded slot - machine gambling at racetracks inside their exclusive region.
Attorney General George Jepsen said a letter from federal regulators is easing concerns that an expansion of casino gaming off the reservations of the Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegans would affect agreements that give the state 25 percent of monthly revenue from slot machines.
A policy regulating how to spend the city's share of Seneca Niagara Casino slot machine profits may come to a vote as soon as April 11, said City Council Chairman Andrew P. Touma.
Meadows says her agency is concerned about the proliferating number of slot machines and gaming tables becoming available to people with gambling problems.
They said the first phase, a $ 250 million project on roughly 515 acres, would include a casino with 1,250 slot machines and 40 gaming tables, a 100 - room hotel and 100 residential villas.
ALBANY — Nassau County will transfer its authority to install 1,000 video slot machines to Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens in exchange for annual payments that will total at least $ 43 million over the first three years, under a provision being tucked into the state budget agreement, lawmakers said late Wednesday.
The opponents who smashed the slot machines in Albany said casinos increase gambling addiction and crime.
He says the regional casinos disproportionately attract the poorest in society, retirees and low - wage workers, who may have the least disposable income to spend on slot machines.
The casino will have nearly 500 slot machines and 20 table games, officials said.
The Senecas and the state are in arbitration over the $ 572 million in revenue sharing payments being withheld because the Senecas say the state violated the compact by allowing slot machines at racetracks.
The summary submitted to the gaming commission last week says to expect 85 table games and 2,000 slot machines, generating $ 263 million in gaming revenue in the first year.
In turn, the tribe must share its slot machine revenues, he said.
They encourage users to repeatedly check for messages, establishing routines that Vishwanath says turns their devices into a casino game, with users opening emails like reckless gamblers habitually pulling the arms of slot machines without thinking of the long - term consequences.
«It is like a Vegas slot machine with just two states, and Sputnik Planitia ended up in the latter position, centered at 175 degrees longitude,» said Hamilton.
In fact, says Price, smartphones are basically slot machines we keep in our pockets.
Isn't that kind of like saying «I put money in the slot machine expecting none to come out.
Which reminds me of a friend of my grandma's — when she comes back from a casino, she always says how much she «won», however tries to evade to question on «how much she put in the slot machine in the first place»...
Kansspelautoriteit said that higher risk loot boxes act like slot machines as they offer transferable goods, players are able to open an unlimited number of loot boxes, and the «near - miss» effect is deployed.
The business department might say something sometimes, but the track records says that the team knows what makes a good slot machine game.
A guest lecturer last week gave us a talk on why slot machines are so addictive, and it sounded an awful lot like what y ’ all were saying about the grind.
The only element of luck would be something like scoring a critical hit, which is the equivalent of hitting a jackpot on a slot machine, then having the casino manager come over and say, «Great, now do that 10 more times and we'll pay you.»
Gallop for Gold Slots by Pokie Magic is probably one of the best slot machine games the company has brought out for the iPhone, and while that may not be saying much, it's can be a genuinely fun game to enjoy.
Set to the catchy melody of Ray Charles's 1959 hit song «What'd I Say,» the resulting three - screen film resembles a video slot machine come to life.
In the casino, one bank of slot machines is said to be haunted by an old woman who sometimes holds a smoking cigarette and wears a dress that is aflame.