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`The company that started the multiline vIrlec_s
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`malte it more stable.‘ Causley says.
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`f there is one opiiiitin that is sliared liy slot managers in just about t.“'i't.'I'}" 1.7.5.
`itinstliction. it is this; The "Austnilitiii—style." iiiultiline video slot. with second-
`screen bonuses. multiple-coin bets and a variety of denominatitins.
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`liottest style of slot machine in .5tmerica.
`For‘ two years_ slot niam.ifacturers have been scrambling to develop their own
`lines of mtiltiline s-itleo. Esen the new styles of slot inacliines introduced during the
`past few years. sutli as multimedia video sltit.s incoi'porating higli—powered com—
`putcrs and "game-withiii-a-gairie" liyhrids. are now incorporating multiline video in
`their prim-aiy games. By the end of this year. siitually every nia]or slot tl1t1flLlfflLTUf-
`er will has e climbetl on the iiiultiline liaiitlwagtin in one way or another.
`The driver of that hiintlw-.igtiii is the company that first introduced this style
`of game to the :"ttllt.‘fit‘..1l‘1 m;irl~:e-t several years agii—.aristocrttt Leisure Industries
`of .-tustralia. Tlirough its Reno-base-;.l siilisidiary. Aristocrat Inc.. the s‘i—i-year-old
`master of the Aiistralitin club market first iiitrochiced the "pokies," as they're
`called Diiisit l'nder. to Tiatiic American casinos_ then to Atlantic City and to
`rii erhoat iunstlictions
`Witliiii two years. new terms were ctimiiionplace in the slot vocabulary—
`"scatter pay." “second screen." ‘nine-l'ine. a‘3—t'tiin"—antl players around the coun-
`tn began to see dime. iiicltel. .ind even penny decals on slot machines now identi—
`lietl with the term ".—‘tustr-alian-style s'itlco."
`.-‘tnsii. ic rat has ctiiitinuetl to pump new models into the American market, and
`.it-osrding to Peter {.h-..lLtslt:y_ product manager for games. the company has only
`strait tied the surface in tapping the iast library of games the compa-
`ny aireatly h.is tested and released in the private clubs of New South
`‘st ales anti at iiiaitir casinos in Eiydney and .lvlelhourne. Australia.
`In the I nited .Htate.s. aristocrat faces an entirely new rriarl-zet
`than greeted it three years rigor The slot genre it [)Upl.1l;'ll‘lZf.‘t.l in this
`ctiiintn is now lieing duplicated by all of the best and brightest
`with 3 Pd?‘-‘M3 Ofnew engineers of other slot iiianiifacturers, each trying to outdo the
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`other in tleyer stittind-screen bonuses, imaginative special features
`and other ways oi entertaining the ci.i.stoiner. nristticriit is now faced
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`with iii.iiiit.'iining the edge in the Aiistraliansstyle video wliii;.h it
`hriiiiglit to this country
`3.4 mic ‘lr'iL*;j]'1_'*-', Xx’-:irltl Ganiing (jtingress_ Aristocrat sets out to
`i'eafl"irni its mastery of the niultilinc genre with a parade of new niod-
`els leatuniig niore elaborate second screens. more bonus opportuni-
`ties. a wealth of coin ctinfigurations. and a variety til special features.
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`eiilianceiiieii1.s that will n.-siilt in more t.l'l[LI'[..tll1IllLl1l tor thi. tLi.'sltJI‘llt.l.
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`value. not only tlirough features but tlirougll L’HIs'Fi1i1fl1”S 11*-11]‘? 3“ _5~ml3 “'35 9:‘
`instance. “5 Bags Full." :1 I‘U3‘~‘~'
`I1lf1's‘*ll”'-‘s’ ililmis‘ 1“ Hllflllle 1” GT3‘? ‘c‘s’1'I"%["'i3":-'5‘ :1) H; i
`coins per spin, includes a lineup of cartoon characters both as tee -‘ilr’V:”U 3“ "1
`the honiis screen. The characters are wild on the reels. and separate scatter-pay .r.
`symbols trigger ]acl<pots tip to tilt] coins. times the total number of coins bet-——a
`scatterspay yaclrpot of 9.000 coins with a nia:~:—coin her.
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`The second screen is one of .-'tri.stocrat's first in the ['I'l1It.:‘Ll States to feature a
`twos-tiered honus. Triggered by :1 ctlnilaiflilliflfl Of fit"? mU11E}"l-Tag 3“§l70T 5h“—'eP
`symbols on a lit pay line. the second screen features the characters standing around
`nine bags stuffed with coins. The player selects three bags of bonus coin amounts,
`each holding sit). “"30. oil, '30 or 100 coiflti.
`Those amounts are combined for the players bonus pay. but if all three of the
`coin amounts match. that activates a “bonus bag." which the player opens for an
`additional payout of 300. 500 or 400 coins. All of the second-screen payouts are
`multiplied by the number of coins bet per line.
`“Tequila Sunrise" is a five-line. 25-coin video version of a game released previ-
`ously as a three-reel. three-coin game in both video and stepper-reel versions.
`According to Causley. the game is one of two Featuring :1 “holtl—and-spin" feature
`for the scattenpay symbol. If three cactus scatter—pay symbols land on adjacent
`reels, those symbols! are held in place for three free spinsilf a fourth or fifth scatter
`symbol appears during one of the free spins. that symbol is also held in plays fora
`four- or five-symbol payoff, airing with any other jackpot accumulated during the
`h-onus spins. Moreover. as with other games. scatter wins are multiplied by the total
`number of coins bet—whiCh can result in htige iacl-(pots. notes Causley.
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`The other game incorporating the hold-and-spin feature is ‘:Sweet Hearts II,‘ a
`ninesline, 90-coin game incorporating wild symbols in the primary game and a
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`Valentine scatter-pay syinbol-——-a pulsating heart with Cupid's arrow through it.
`two of these symbols are required for a jackpot. after which they are held for tlarae--V if‘
`free spins. Other scatter f~I)«"l‘l’llI)(}l5 that appear during the free spins trigger ancitlm
`tlireehfree spins. with those‘symbols also held in place.
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`lhis has been one or our most popular games [outside the United*'
`the past three years," sitys Causley. “If you land two of the scatter symbols
`anotheron each of the hrst three free spins, you can get up to 12 free spins_ '
`those wins are all multiplied by the total coins bet—iip to 90}
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`toniliines a iiiirnlier of features for a high hit frequency
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