Flirt, Drink & Watch YouTube With Casino Touch-Screen Table, by Tashi Singh - The Post Chronicle

Microsoft's Casino touch-screen tables have debuted in a Las Vegas bar giving Sin City visitors new high-tech party tools.

Microsoft and Harrah's Entertainment have introduced a high-tech interactive bar table that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with one another.

Harrah's said it put six customized Surface computers with built-in 30-inch, or 76-centimeter, flat screens in a bar at its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Harrah's reportedly crafted its own software for the machines and equipped them with cameras so people can send pick-lines, drinks or both to bar-goers they are interested in connecting with in real life.

A spokeswoman for Microsoft said the units sold for a base price of $10,000.

A program called Mixologists lets patrons play bartender by creating and ordering concoctions of whatever cocktails and mixers they click on. Another program lets users watch YouTube videos, either by searching or choosing from a list.

The table also includes a program called Flirt, which lets people exchange original messages or choose from suggested come-on lines.

Other programs let users play video games or get information about restaurants, shows, nightclubs and other Harrah's attractions.

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