Title :
Casinos and the Digitization of the Slot Machine, 1950–1989
Author :
Turdean, Cristina
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
The last 30 years marked the unprecedented expansion of the casino industry and advances in gambling technology, particularly the slot machine. The development of the digital slot machine demonstrates the ways in which the culture of the casino floor and the specifics of the mechanical machine shaped the evolution of its digital successor.
Keywords :
coin operated equipment; entertainment; mechanical engineering computing; casino floor; casino industry; digital slot machine; gambling technology; mechanical machine; Digital systems; Games; Technological innovation; History of computing; casinos; computer applications; computing and information systems management; gambling technology; organizational impact of computers; slot machines;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2011.33
