Sigma Gaming Slots

Sigma Gaming Slots is responsible for many breakthroughs in the gambling industry, some so subtle you may not even realize there was a need for improvement.

In the olden days of slot machines, you had to stand to play the machine. The arm of the slots was a large lever and not that easy to pull, especially after you had been at it for awhile. Sigma knew there had to be a better way and went about redesigning the machine to accommodate the player by making it so the player could sit in a comfortable chair in front of the machine. This made the game much more enjoyable, and people started playing for hours on end since they could do so leisurely.

Soon, accommodating the player became a focus point in all future designs. The next step came years later with the introduction of the bill validator. You no longer had to keep feeding coins in the machine, pull the lever and start again. This freed up the player for as long as the amount of the bill lasted.

Sigma was also first to introduce the machines that paid out in vouchers instead of coins. Now, certainly there are many people who want to hear the coins drop and have that change in the coin cups. But after awhile, all those coins do get heavy and you really don't want to have to feed them back into the machine one by one. It just makes sense to have the machine print out the voucher. These vouchers don't have to be cashed in right away either. You can use them in other machines, just like money, when you switch games.

Such attention to detail was gained through their traditional values in craftsmanship and technological advancements. Sigma Gaming originated in Tokyo Japan in the early 1980's and blossomed into such a huge hit with the gambling community, they moved to the United States to pursue the gambling capitals such as Las Vegas. Sigma Gaming earned the respect and the envy of their competitors, when in 1984, they were the first foreign company to be granted permission by the Nevada Gaming Commission to introduce their brand of slots games to the casinos in Las Vegas. Still being much smaller than their American counterparts, Sigma soon took their piece of the pie by marketing hard and selling even harder. Some of the larger American companies thought they must be doing something underhanded, to have advanced so far so quickly, and accused them of some illegal practices such as stealing game designs. But this was unwarranted and settled out of court and Sigma was free to pursue their goals, which soon included a brilliant marketing tactic. This was the introduction of the Bonus Slots that reward you for betting the maximum coin.

Some of the easily recognizable games that Sigma Gaming produces are ‘The Game of Life’, ‘Treasure Wheel’, ‘Treasure Tunnel’, ‘Full of Sheep’ and ‘Easy Riches’. All of these games can be found in most American land based casinos, proudly displaying the Sigma name.