BOSTON—It’s like “Guitar Hero” that pays you back, if you’re any good.
At least, that’s the pitch gambling regulators across the country are hearing as they consider whether to allow casinos to offer slot machines that mimic video and arcade games in an effort to attract younger gamblers.
The latest is Massachusetts, where the state Gaming Commission released draft regulations governing the new machines Thursday.
Marcus Prater, executive director of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, a Nevada-based slot machine industry trade group, says so-called “skill-based” slot machines are meant to appeal to millennials who tend to skip over traditional machines because they see them as old-fashioned.
“This is something totally new,” Prater said. “Players have never had the option, in any market in the world, to influence the outcome of the game.”
