DocumentCode
1521405
Title
Casinos and the Digitization of the Slot Machine, 1950–1989
Author
Turdean, Cristina
Author_Institution
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Volume
33
Issue
2
fYear
2011
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
59
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2011.33
Filename
5771311
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