Bally Technologies Brings Team Playing to Casinos

LAS VEGAS, NV - As reported by The Naperville Sun: "Playing the slots at adjacent machines is the closest that couples and friends can get to one another during a casino "night out."
  Other than that, it's pretty much a case of going your own way and setting a time and place to meet.

Bally Technologies wants to change all that. The Las Vegas based gaming manufacturer unveiled a "slot machine built for two" during last month's Global Gaming Expo. The company is hoping the concept will catch on as an ingenious way for people to share the casino gaming experience.

The product is called DualVision, a multi-player platform that brings a new dimension to community slot play. It incorporates a single segmented video display which is compatible for two people to sit down and play separately on the same machine.

The units also feature a common currency acceptor which affords players the unique opportunity to share the credits they have purchased as well as any winnings while playing at their own pace and in increments of their own choosing..." 

"Bally took its popular 32-inch CineVision video display and flipped it sideways to make room for the horizontal configuration of two separate screen displays. People will be playing versions of the same game and making their own wagers independently of one another with their own panel of buttons.

The concept is capable of creating some dynamics never before imaginable for slot play, especially when it comes to two players managing a single account. Couples frequently play independently of one another with common funds. DualVision factors in team play and the decisions which go along with it."

When one player gets into a bonus round, the companion player is automatically pulled into the bonus as well."