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Yahtzee Jackpot Electronic Handheld Casino Style Game Straight from the casinos comes this electronic handheld version of the Yahtzee Jackpot slot machine. Spin the reels, match up the symbols, and win big–at least in game money. If players bet the max and get a “Y” on the pay line, one of two bonus rounds pops up allowing for multiple dice rolls and the chance to rack up more credits. The one-player game will keep score continuously until reset or “new game” is selected. Sound can be turned off (which is nice since it quickly gets annoying). If not in use for more than a minute, the game goes to sleep to conserve the two AA batteries (included). –Pam Lauer
Customer Review: Lots of fun.
I brought this game for myself but my mother and niece plays it
more than I do. My mother and niece actually argues over who gets to play it first. Everyone in my household is now looking for additional games so everyone will have their very own .
Customer Review: Yahtzee Jackpot Slots
I purchased this item because I love to play Yahtzee and have worn out several of the plain Yahtzee hand held games. I thought this would be fun to try. So much, in fact, that I bought an extra one to give as a Christmas gift this year.

How very disappointing I found this game to be. Any similarity to the actual game of Yahtzee is purely accidental. It’s a slot machine with a slight nod to the original game. Not that I don’t enjoy slot machines, but I enjoy them more when they let you win once in a while. The slots were as tight as tight can be, which made point accumulation extremely slow. A couple of features were disappointing, for example: When you hold down the high score button, the display shows what your points would be worth in cash. This only works for the high score, and when you continue to lose (which is the norm, not the exception), the dollar amount stays at the high level, and does not reflect the dollar amount of the actual current score. The sound effects are fair, but border on annoying. The “bonus” rolls you get when a “Y” lands on the pay line are fun, but few and far between, and I need slightly more stimulation to hold my interest.

Despite all that, the worst feature about this game was its durability, or lack thereof. After just a couple of weeks of play, during which time I accumulated just over 10,000 points, it malfunctioned. When I turned it on, the display was distorted and the wheels didn’t turn smoothly. It got stuck on a roll and wouldn’t stop. I got a good roll and got no points. In short, it refused to work and I had to reset it. I was extremely disappointed. That has happened again several times since and I’m now so disgusted with it that I don’t even play with it anymore. I feel badly that I bought one as a gift and am considering returning the other one. …