Now THAT is brilliant Ian. I am fed up with churning them out in gold or silver with or without antenna. The range needs modernizing, and what better idea than a concealed micro-cam in the antenna. Obviously this would point in line with where the wearer was looking at the time, and they can film slots to their heart's desire. I'm onto it........
This is the problem. All this draconian attitude will do is scare people who just want to film their bonus rounds into using concealed cameras, if they don't do so already. Where there has been cheating, it seems that it has ALWAYS involved a concealed camera, as clearly filming with your phone attracts attention.
Perhaps they are not with the times, and this desire to film one's big wins is a relatively recent phenomena. Perhaps in days of old, people filming were more likely to be up to no good.
What's next, an outright ban on even bringing your phone on the premises.
I have noticed that even at the Motorway services the list of rules for the fruit machine area says "no mobile phones to be used in the gaming area", not that anyone enforces it, and it is freely ignored without consequence. They ARE watching though, just stick the nose of a pushchair or let your child poke their head over the line, and the reaction is immediate.
It seems this casino has just gone totally nuts over the issue, allowing it to escalate all the way to a life ban.
It was a pretty crap bonus round in any case, a mere 14,000 coins for what was the maximum level on the wheel, and the maximum number of free games. Maybe they wanted to hide how sh1t the slot's bonus rounds were
I am pretty sure it's OK to film a bonus round at an online casino, and unless they search patrons on entry, most avid filmers of their bonus rounds will just switch to using concealed cameras rather than face the potential hassle of being jumped on by security, having their phone confiscated, back roomed, or banned for life.
The claim that a mobile phone can make a machine pay out is bullshit worthy of a tin foil hat. There was a notorious scammer on the fruit machine scene who sold "devices" that you just put on top of the machine and it would pay more. My description of one as "an LED soldered onto what looks like an old key fob" didn't go down too well with him, and he made all sorts of idle threats, none of which came to fruition.
The paranoia of arcades and casinos just makes the claims that this "device" actually works more credible, and therefore easier for scammers to sell.
A scammer could quote this case, and then market by claiming "do you see just HOW shit scared casinos are of a mere phone". "They would REALLY shite themselves if they knew that you had one of my devices, but they will never know, designed to be concealed......... you will never be caught using it, and can enjoy enhanced payouts in peace without the casino ever realising you had the advantage......".
The advent of "wearable tech", including the rather obvious Google Glass, will make it almost impossible to stop people filming whatever they want. Less obvious would be the spy camera sewn into a shirt, using a button to conceal the lens. For the ladies, the spy camera brooch.
