How many times have you played a machine which relies on voice (eg. IGT's "My Rich Uncle") ... and the volume on the machine is cranked to zero. On the other hand, the machine beside you has the volume "cranked" ... and it is the worst repeating soundtrack ever. Maybe you are even sitting beside a player who hits the "SPIN" button because they think stopping the slot prematurely is the key to potential success.

Can't the casninos come up with a way to have a little volume on every machine ... so we can hear more of our machine, and less of the machine next to us. It used to work in the arcades, so there must be a way to solve the problem. Perhaps the manufacturers could help, by turning up the volume on the machines when there are exciting bits, like bonus rounds, or big wins ... and tone it down when we hit "another losing spin".

If WMS thinks "BOSE SPEAKERS' are part of the key for selling more slot units, they should be part of the solution to put the product to good use.

/\/\/\/\ the Shamus /\/\/\/\