This week, it was announced that casinos in Las Vegas will be permitted to offer skill-games as part of their slots gameplay. This means that players will be required to play a skill-based games during the bonus round of some slot machines.

So, we’ve had a think about which skill games would be best suited for slots.

First-Person Shooters

We could certainly see First Person Shooters making their way into skill game slots. When we picture this type of bonus, we see the player shooting down various enemies and collecting cash prizes or multipliers for every kill.

They would look something like the bonus round in Net Entertainment’s Aliens online slots game – except players would have control over their aim and ammo.

Puzzle Games

This would be a great opportunity for social games developers to team up with slot machine manufacturers. We could definitely see a bonus game in the style of Candy Crush Saga.

Since there is already a slots game based on Bejeweled, there is certainly the potential for a Bejeweled-style round in which players earn bonuses for every group of jewels that they match.

Racing Games

Since there are so many car-themed online slots, there is certainly room for racing bonus games. As players finish races, they can earn prizes based on their ranking.

This would even give slot machine manufacturers the opportunity to change the design of their cabinets to include steering wheels and gas pedals.

Fighting Games

In several online slots like Fisticuffs, South Park: Reel Rush and The Dark Knight Rises, there are bonus features in which main characters face off against each other. If you were able to control your character, it would certainly add an element of skill to these bonus games. We could see them playing out like a battle in Street Fighter, with victories awarding cash prizes.

We are very excited for the launch of slot machines that offer skill-based games. Some industry experts anticipate that this addition could boost slots payouts from 88% to 98% depending on how skilled a player is. It will also attract an entirely new audience of gamers to the casino market, as video games become more and more popular among 20- and 30-year-olds.

We hope to see video game and social game designers like Nintendo, Valve, King, Ubisoft and more teaming up with slot machine manufacturers.

There is the potential for this development to completely change slot machine game, and we very excited for what’s to come.