Hit the \"Draw\" button and the game concludes by finishing all three hands, each hand drawing from its own 52-card deck. Choose the cards you wish to hold from the exposed hand, and those cards are held for all three hands. International Game Technology (IGT) introduced Triple Play, a video poker game that deals three hands, with only one appearing face up. Video Poker machines were not left out of this multi-line multi-coin movement. This translates into a significant increase in casino revenue.
But since the player is using nickels it doesn\'t seem to them that they are actually risking more money. It can cost you $2.50 per spin playing maximum coins on a multi-line nickel machine, compared to 75 cents on a three-reel standard machine. By offering these machines with a nickel denomination, the casinos are employing a subtle psychological ploy. Because of this the more and more nickel machines are appearing on the casino floors. Playing maximum coins could cost you $12.50 per spin on a quarter machine.
Some of these new machines have up to ten pay lines and you can bet multiple coins on each line. The majority of the new machines offer some sort of bonus round. It was discovered that players would play longer in hopes of reaching the bonus screen. The American slot makers took notice and started to design multi-line bonus games of their own.
So did the majority of people who played them. They were different and fun to play and I found them entertaining. I had the opportunity to participate in a focus group where we played the machines and offered our feedback on the games. The \"pokies\" came to Atlantic City in the summer of 1996.