The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has joined the multiplayer community slot gaming trend, adding Slingo Bonus Deluxe and Super Bankroll Bonus. The Isle, Seminole Coconut Creek and others have also tapped into the community gaming trend (I wrote about it awhile back).

Slingo Bonus Deluxe features a vivid 21-inch LCD screen and uses International Game Technology’s (IGT) highly competitive Double Diamond 20-line program. Three bonus symbols on any activated pay line ignite the “Deluxe” bonus round in which the player “flips” a blinking award card to reveal the bonus spins won, from eight to 16. Each spin sends the five video reels into motion. If a reel matches a number on the column above on the player’s grid or comes up as a Joker, the player wins a “spot hit,” earning him or her anywhere from one to 100 credits. Earning “Slingo,” which is all the numbers covered in a column, row or diagonal, or a full card (all numbers in the grid covered) awards additional credits, from 20 to 100.

Super Bankroll Bonus is a six-station community bonusing game with a five-reel, 20-line video slot that capitalizes on the popularity of AC Coin’s Bankroll. Like its forerunner, it promises to enhance the group experience on the casino floor with the excitement of a shared bonusing event. Over the last three years the original Bankroll has been placed in more than 400 casinos throughout North America.

Super Bankroll, at 7 feet by 6 feet 9 inches, entices players with jumbo-sized signage that features a scrolling display of a printing press printing oversized dollar bills while it broadcasts the song “Money (That’s What I Want).”

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The Isle Casino & Racing has created a bank of machines promising a 98 percent payback -- believed to be the highest advertised return in the history of Florida slots.

The payback rate is the rate that the machines, over time, pay back to customers. In this case, if you'd put in $100 time and time again, you'd get $98 back. Most Broward slots are at 90 to 92 percent. Casinos are required to post their overall payback rate near their entrance.

The bank of 10 games is in the $1 area, and is "very popular," said the Isle's Evan Lucash. They include "Double Diamond" and games from the "Triple 7" family.

“What we are trying to offer patrons is an excellent value for their gaming dollar,” he said. “If we continue to see a good response, we’d consider expanding it.”

But, again, regarding payback rates: There is no guarantee you're getting $98 back. There's no guarantee you're getting even $1 back. But over a long period of time...

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I wrote in the business section last week about a course teaching people how to repair slot machines.

Now if they can show me how to get one to hit a jackpot.

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OK, so Miami-Dade passed slots Tuesday.

My thinking: Gulfstream and Mardi Gras won't be affected much by the Aventura crowd, which still sees itself as more Broward than Dade, those places are closer to them than anywhere in Dade.

What I'm wondering about is west Pines and Miramar, with Calder Race Course just a few miles away. And whether other people will go to the fronton or the dog track in Dade from Broward.

So, southwest Broward folks, let me hear it. Does the Dade vote help you?

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Here’s my hunch bet of the week: Slots are going to be rejected once again in Miami-Dade.

Maybe I’m wrong, but the vibes don’t seem good for the three pari-mutuels that want to bring taxed slot machines to our south.

To read my full analysis, click here to the Mayo on the Side blog.

And then post your thoughts here, there or both.

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