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Anatomizing Slots of Social Casino: Focus on Slotomania

소셜 카지노의 슬롯 해부하기: Slotomania를 중심으로

  • Han, Sukhee (Department of Media Communication, Graduate School, Hanyang University)
  • 한석희 (한양대학교 미디어 커뮤니케이션 대학원)
  • Received : 2018.03.01
  • Accepted : 2018.04.20
  • Published : 2018.04.20

Abstract

This study anatomizes various traits of slots in Slotomania, the most popular online slot game in the world. Developed by Playtika, Slotomania is a social casino genre game that runs over Facebook. Slotomania has been the number one as a title in the social casino genre, and this study multi-dimensionally analyzes various characteristics of slots that exist in the game. Specifically, it analyzes factors of 1) User Interface(UI) 2) Theme 3) Payline & Betting 4) Structure & Symbol 5) Bonus 6) Additional Traits. As a reuslt, it reports that there is "diversity". Therefore, it not only researches how and why those slots are attractive to people but also explores the market of social casino based on Facebook.

본 연구는 전 세계적으로 가장 인기 있는 온라인 슬롯 게임 Slotomania에 존재하는 슬롯들의 다양한 특징들을 해부한다. Playtika사(社)에서 개발된 Slotomania는 Facebook을 통해 서비스가 되고 있는 소셜 카지노 장르의 게임이다. Slotomania는 소셜 카지노 장르에서 개별 타이틀로 1위에 위치하였으며, 본 연구는 게임에 존재하는 슬롯들의 다양한 특징들을 입체적으로 분석한다. 구체적으로, 1) UI(User Interface) 2) 테마 3) 페이라인 & 베팅 4) 구조 & 심볼 5) 보너스 6) 부가적 특징의 요소들을 탐구한다. 그 결과, "다양성"이 존재하는 것으로 조사 되었다. 이에 따라, 어떻게 그리고 왜 그러한 슬롯들이 사람들에게 매력을 주는지에 대해 조사할 뿐만 아니라, 페이스북 기반의 소셜 카지노 장르의 시장을 탐구한다.

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