New kind of action: Slot machines have exercise bikes attached

These machines debuted at the Tropicana Casino Resort last week and combined a traditional 25 cent slot machine with an aero bike to create a strange hybrid for athletes seeking fitness crazy gambler and indoor sports. I bet it's betting

The machine features a small display that records the calories you burned and the time you spend pedaling.

Those handlebars are equipped with buttons that allow the gambler to control the number of bets and rotate the wheel without touching the slot portion of the device.

The machine was due to the idea of ​​Kathy Harris, the mother of four children from Fairfax, Virginia. One day I found myself from the Tropicana casino, so I was able to exercise at the spa.

"I ride my bicycle and think about where the slot machine is. This is a casino. It looks wrong. "They should install slots on the bicycle," I said. Did it"

Harris founded Fitness Gaming Corp., where he served as the president and developed a matching machine called Money Mill, a slot machine with a treadmill. She is on a business trip and is trying to market her ideas to casinos and government regulators.

So far, the Pedal'n Play machine is used only for cruise ships. 10 installed in Tropicana is the first time in a land American casino.

"This is a combination of sports and games," says George Mancuso, vice president of slot business at Tropicana. "We are hoping that some people will be more satisfied away (from playing the machine)."

Tropicana is planning to set up a new logo and he can hire employees who work as personal trainer / slot machine waiters in this area, he said.

If you see signs of Tropicana slot machines getting crowded on Thursday morning, this idea may require some sales.

"This is for children, I got your message," said 64-year-old Les Lapa, New York's first attempt by Talman. She quit after five minutes. "Because it works well, my heart rate is good, but the machine is a big loser."

I also tried the 47-year old George Longauer from Conneaut, Ohio. He did not find anything by betting ten dollars and claimed that it was "a good boy."

"My foot is very tiring, the problem is that you walk faster and think you are helping the (slot) machine, just wait until someone dies," he said.

"There are some concerns, but the company (fitness game) is insured the same way as we do," Mancuso said. "I hope that people can exercise reasonably using good sense."

Inventor Harris said: "I look like this: You have two birds with one stone, even if you lose the gamble, you will be the winner."

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