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A fun future project for 2024 at the Key West: Adding slot hardware to our touchscreen slot machine (photos below)
I've been running the amazing AllJ Slot software on a laptop connected to a big touchscreen monitor for some time. A little tweaking of the background and reels and it turns the touch screen into a very realistic (and reasonably portable) slot machine for casino fun night parties, complete with custom background and our own reel images and sound effects.
The software displays images of IGT slot machine buttons on the screen, and you simply touch them to bet, spin the reels or cash out. You also have the option to shut those off and add real peripherals -- slot machine buttons, a jackpot light, even a coin slot, hopper, bill acceptor, and slot machine handle -- basically building your own functioning, real custom slot machine. The original post about the software is here:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/making-a-slot-machine-for-my-casino-parties.84686/
AllJ's target audience is the trade show sales people trying to attract clients, so your slot machine can have "fixed sequence," "random probability" and you can even trigger a jackpot with a small wireless remote. In random probability mode, it functions exactly like a casino slot machine.
Getting and using the software was a master class in how real slots at the casinos actually work.
I'm thinking it's time to build it out and just ordered some real IGT slot machine buttons and a controller board. They're several weeks out, so this project will get started some time in 2024.
Left: The current touchscreen running the slot machine software. Middle: Some real IGT slot machine buttons. Right: The
button controller board.
The controller board is preprogrammed for the AllJ software and IGT buttons. Connect the buttons to their corresponding wires and plug into a USB port. (I'm guessing it may be a bit more involved than it sounds.) I'll find out when the stuff arrives in four to six weeks. Buttons were just under $50 for the complete set. The controller board was $139.
And down the road? Building a slot cabinet with a jackpot light on top. Maybe even a handle. A bill acceptor might be pricey overkill. They cost $350 to $500 each. In the end, I might end up spending something close to the cost of a used slot. I just hope I don't run out of USB ports.
Can't wait to see those buttons light up and hit "spin reels" for the first time.
Look for more here and in a separate thread.
I've been running the amazing AllJ Slot software on a laptop connected to a big touchscreen monitor for some time. A little tweaking of the background and reels and it turns the touch screen into a very realistic (and reasonably portable) slot machine for casino fun night parties, complete with custom background and our own reel images and sound effects.
The software displays images of IGT slot machine buttons on the screen, and you simply touch them to bet, spin the reels or cash out. You also have the option to shut those off and add real peripherals -- slot machine buttons, a jackpot light, even a coin slot, hopper, bill acceptor, and slot machine handle -- basically building your own functioning, real custom slot machine. The original post about the software is here:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/making-a-slot-machine-for-my-casino-parties.84686/
AllJ's target audience is the trade show sales people trying to attract clients, so your slot machine can have "fixed sequence," "random probability" and you can even trigger a jackpot with a small wireless remote. In random probability mode, it functions exactly like a casino slot machine.
Getting and using the software was a master class in how real slots at the casinos actually work.
I'm thinking it's time to build it out and just ordered some real IGT slot machine buttons and a controller board. They're several weeks out, so this project will get started some time in 2024.
Left: The current touchscreen running the slot machine software. Middle: Some real IGT slot machine buttons. Right: The
button controller board.
And down the road? Building a slot cabinet with a jackpot light on top. Maybe even a handle. A bill acceptor might be pricey overkill. They cost $350 to $500 each. In the end, I might end up spending something close to the cost of a used slot. I just hope I don't run out of USB ports.
Can't wait to see those buttons light up and hit "spin reels" for the first time.
Look for more here and in a separate thread.
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