Slot Machine Online Betting Now Operating in Florida

Slot Machine Online Betting Now Operating in Florida

If you have the Hard Rock app and live in Florida, you may be one of the lucky ones (or shall we say unlucky ones)  that now can bet all on which appears to be one of 21 slot machine games.    

Quietly, the Hard Rock has expanded its sports betting under the term of “Powered by Past Motor Racing”.  Yet, it looks and plays just like a slot machine.

This is a new form of “against the house” sports betting that the Seminole Tribe believes to be totally legal under the letter of the law in the 2021 gaming compact signed between the Seminole Tribe and the State of Florida.

The Tribe contents you are betting on past motor racing that is similar to the historical horse racing (HHR) concept – originally known as Instant Racing.  Players bet on replays of horse races or dog races that already have been run using terminals that typically resemble slot machines.  This unique type of betting premiered in Arkansas in 2000 and is used in several U.S. states.  

When you launch one of the games and place a wager, the screen displays what appears to be a traditional slot interface: reels spinning with symbols like oranges, cherries, and similar icons.  But beneath that slot-like image, something different is happening that – according to Hard Rock Bet – that makes this totally legal.

Each “spin” is determined by the results of one or more historical stock car races from several years ago.  The random number generator that typically powers slot machines has been replaced with actual sporting outcomes that have already occurred.

“What you see on the screen are just entertaining depictions of what happens” a Hard Rock source was quoted.

Here’s how the mechanics of this conception work:

When you place a wager, you’re essentially betting on past racing results. If your selections — which correspond to racers from these historical events — finish in winning positions, you win. If they had longer odds, you win more. Hit a couple of first-place finishes from underdogs, and you might be looking at a jackpot.

If you want to see what is going on behind the scenes, try this: “Click to Enter Race View” button in the upper right corner of the screen. This will reveal the actual racing results that determined the outcome – the specific date, the race, which selections were correct, and how the historical results translated into your win or loss.

Also, according to the Hard Rock source “You can see kind of how it turned out, how many of your selections were correct.”

This whole thing sounds bizarre, but I believe it is available to a select group of the original Hard Rock app holders – those that maintained an account during the two-year hiatus when they were successfully shut down by Magic City Jai-alai. They don’t want their servers to crash on this initial release.    

I don’t see anybody stopping them, either. Welcome to 24-hour a day slots – wherever you go.