Listening to Gambling with an Edge tonight and one of the more interesting things they said was that WMS is going to leap into the video poker business rather aggressively. I just found this link with a short embedded video. It looks pretty cool.
WMS Video Poker
Looks like a great gaming console! (I've envied slot players playing WMS games with lowered, more ergonomic, arm rests/control panels.)
What I find of greater interest on their website is the description of their "Winning Streak" game, which can only be described as an enhanced IGT Multi-Strike Poker clone.
Given the success apparently enjoyed by Action Gaming in defending their "look and feel" patent for multi-play poker, I'm surprised that IGT isn't vigorously challenging this new introduction by WMS.
In any case, it looks like both Caesars and Stations have bought onto WMS new game platform and we should look to see them appearing in casinos soon.
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20120918-903274.html?mod=crnews
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
Listening to Gambling with an Edge tonight and one of the more interesting things they said was that WMS is going to leap into the video poker business rather aggressively. I just found this link with a short embedded video. It looks pretty cool.
<<What I find of greater interest on their website is the description of
their "Winning Streak" game, which can only be described as an enhanced IGT
Multi-Strike Poker clone.>>
It's a very interesting game. It's not the same as Multi-Strike and has a
very complex strategy. Each winning hand pushes the previous winning hands
up to a higher multiplier, rather than starting a new random hand at the
higher multiplier. Strategy will depend on the value of the prior winning
hands and the additional money to be won if they are pushed to an increased
multiplier. For instance, if you hit a Royal Flush, you will pretty much
want to win the next hands at all costs, trying to get it pushed to the 10x
line.
Cogno
7/5 Bonus and Triple Double?
Still looking for the "better pay tables."
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On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:11 PM, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@yahoo.com> wrote:
Listening to Gambling with an Edge tonight and one of the more interesting things they said was that WMS is going to leap into the video poker business rather aggressively. I just found this link with a short embedded video. It looks pretty cool.
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Thanks for the clarification. Sounds intriguing, and frankly a little more exciting than MS.
Now if only it shows up with appealing paytables.
- H.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Cogno Scienti <cognoscienti@...> wrote:
<<What I find of greater interest on their website is the description of
their "Winning Streak" game, which can only be described as an enhanced IGT
Multi-Strike Poker clone.>>It's a very interesting game. It's not the same as Multi-Strike and has a
very complex strategy. Each winning hand pushes the previous winning hands
up to a higher multiplier, rather than starting a new random hand at the
higher multiplier. Strategy will depend on the value of the prior winning
hands and the additional money to be won if they are pushed to an increased
multiplier. For instance, if you hit a Royal Flush, you will pretty much
want to win the next hands at all costs, trying to get it pushed to the 10x
line.Cogno
Harry wrote: Given the success apparently enjoyed by Action Gaming in defending their "look and feel" patent for multi-play poker, I'm surprised that IGT isn't vigorously challenging this new introduction by WMS.
The Action Gaming Triple Play patent has been used to challenge certain games in the past. It is not, however, a vehicle to challenge all multi-line games. The primary feature of the patent (in my non-lawyer opinion) is that when you hold one or more cards in one hand before the draw, those cards are automatically held in other hands. In Winning Streak the cards move up AFTER the draw (I think --- I concentrated on looking at other games in the WMS booth this year and didn't look at that one.) Also, Multi Strike is not an Action Gaming. It was developed by Leading Edge Design. Five Play Multi Strike is a joint-effort between Action Gaming and Leading Edge Design. Also, Action Gaming now prefers to call themselves videopoker.com Bob
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Looks like Harrah's NOLA will serve up a peek at thef new WMS machines in about a month's time (regulatory approval, pending).
The NOLA main floor vp area got a major makeover this week (HL area is unchanged). Older slant tops (former coin droppers retrofitted for TITO) have been removed from the floor. This includes the 3 $1/$2/$5 9/6 JBs, along with the $1 NSUD.
A large number of uprights have been added to the area. Most notable, is that the 3 standalone slant top $1 9/6 DDB progs have been replaced with an equivalent carousel of 3 linked progressives.
Other than that, best game to be found seemed to be 9/5 JB.
Two banks of new WMS machines are also added to the floor, but currently configured as video slots. Word was that NOLA is waiting for regulatory approval to install vp.
As discussed in this thread, these machines will feature the "My Life" platform that will enable players to store personal game configurations (I suspect "personalized" paytables isn't an option ;), and track play statistics online, among other features.
I remain hopeful re paytables on the new machines, but likely license fees pose a strong headwind against something attractive.
- H.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
Listening to Gambling with an Edge tonight and one of the more interesting things they said was that WMS is going to leap into the video poker business rather aggressively. I just found this link with a short embedded video. It looks pretty cool.
i really wonder why, if they're going to offer all these customization
options, they don't have one for a four-color deck. i first used them
playing in bridge tournaments, and many people are used to them from
online poker. blue diamonds and green clubs make for a lot less
squinting.
obviously you can't make them standard, newbies and traditionalists
would scream; but if you have 20 other options for card design and
background color and fluttering cards to celebrate wins, why not offer
this one simple and practical option as well?
(if anyone knows a good contact at WMS to make this suggestion, let me
know. thanks.)
cheers,
five
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On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Bob Bartop <bobbartop@yahoo.com> wrote:
Listening to Gambling with an Edge tonight and one of the more interesting things they said was that WMS is going to leap into the video poker business rather aggressively. I just found this link with a short embedded video. It looks pretty cool.
WMS used to have an online focus group for new games including vp that I was
part of.
ACBL bridge tournaments use four color designation for bidding boxes only.
(I played in a regional yesterday.)
The World Poker Tour TV broadcasts display the cards in 4 colors but
reverses clubs and spades compared to the bridge bidding boxes.
I liked the old WMS Video Poker games. (If you have Frugal Video Poker, a
base game that was included in that product is Multi-Pay Poker which was
their signature game.)
I absolutely love the 4 color idea! No excuses to mistake a suited versus
non-suited card combo!
Howard W. Stern
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On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Bob Bartop <bobbartop@yahoo.com <mailto:bobbartop%40yahoo.com> > wrote:
i really wonder why, if they're going to offer all these customization
options, they don't have one for a four-color deck. i first used them
playing in bridge tournaments, and many people are used to them from
online poker. blue diamonds and green clubs make for a lot less
squinting.
five
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actually, maybe they do have an option for it. i just watched the
Winning Streak video again, and at 0:35 the player is dealt a royal
flush in clubs, and those clubs are distinctly purple. i hope that's
to differentiate them from black spades, and it isn't just a pastel
two-color theme 
cheers,
five
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:14 PM, pyiddy <pyiddy@att.net> wrote:
I absolutely love the 4 color idea! No excuses to mistake a suited versus
non-suited card combo!
There is a 4-color option. Actually there are two of them. One has "flat" two-dimensional colors. One has pseudo-three-dimensional colors sort of like gemstones of four different colors. At least that was what was available at the G2E show. It's possible that changes are made between what is displayed at the show and what actually appears in the casino. Bob
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