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It is time for some slot machine education.  Thanks to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act slot machines have been divided into two classes; Class II slot machines and Class III slot machines.  There are not any Class I slot machines because the Class system has less to do directly with slot machines than how types of gambling games are split up.

Class I gaming is not the kind of gaming that most people associate with casino.  It is very traditional tribal or social gaming played for very low stakes and minimal prizes.  Slot machines are not typically associated with this type of gaming.

Then we come to Class II gaming, the first Class that involves slot machines.  Bingo and pull tab are the sorts of games of chance that are considered Class II games.  A Class II slot machine operates very similar to a game of bingo.  The central processing unit of the machine draws bingo numbers at random.  The machine then covers the appropriate spots on an electronic bingo card as it applies to the drawn number.  The result of the spin on Class II slot machines depends on the outcome of the card.  Although these games are very similar to bingo tribal casinos prefer to offer slot machines over bingo because they have always generated more revenue than bingo.

Class III slot machines are the type that we are most familiar with.  These slot machines are the games of pure chance found in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.  These games operate purely on a random number generator.

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