This is super cool you guys, nice work. Given the ever present gambling motif in Fallout 1 and Fallout 2, it makes sense that it should have been included in Fallout 3.
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, you would expect there to be a lot of vice crime. Gambling, drugs, prostitution, smoking, drinking, etc. ... all the little ways people try to forget the misery in which they live each day.
I think Moriarty would have a pretty low limit. He doesn't want people getting anything over on him. Low payouts, shuffle often, and he can go for blackjack (no hold on 17).
The Muddy Rudder seems to me like they might be playing more for the fun of it. Nothing outrageous, but considerably higher than Moriarty, just maybe harder to win? More decks or something like that. Really high bets, etc.
Underworld has that kind of lawless feel to it (well it does to me), so anything goes type gambling. High payout, low deck count. These are games between folks, played for everything or nothing.
For Canterbury Commons, they seem like the gambling kind, what with those caravans risking the deadly CW to trade their wares. Or maybe they use the games to fund their caravans. So maybe high bets, low-ish payouts, but relatively easy games.
Tenpenny strikes me as a roulette kind of guy, not sure why.
As far as integrating, those slots in Moriarty's don't look good there. They seem, well, tacked on. That little alcove where Burke is sitting would be a more likely place to have a couple slots. That being said, I also don't think he'd have more than 2 or 3 machines, them being hard to come by in the DC area. Really I think if any place is going to have any "official" gambling equipment, it would be Tenpenny.
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Tenpenny strikes me as a roulette kind of guy, not sure why.
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Really I think if any place is going to have any "official" gambling equipment, it would be Tenpenny.
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Totally agree with that. In fact, now that I've seen the lore-friendly makeshift blackjack games you've made for all those locations, it seems out of place to even have slot machines in Moriarity's saloon. However, if you're still putting them there, perhaps one would be more than enough and could be located in the first floor where the bar is supposed to be, or as Gribbleshnibit8 said, next to where burke is sitting.
Tenpenny Tower has an area that seems nice to have gambling equipment (The Federalist Lounge). How about one roulette and two slot machines, a makeshift blackjack in one of the tables, and another makeshift in Tenpenny's balcony table
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I LIKE the one with tenpenny on his balcony. Truly high stakes and a massive luck debuff.
Chucksteel you are a WIZARD. These look amazing. I personally like the idea of slots in Moriarty's, but put them near the door on the entry level, or near where Burke sits. No more than 2 machines. Awesome work!
Makeshift BlackJack in Underworld,
Makeshift BlackJack in Canterbury Commons,
Now, Off to set up Paradise Falls, 
I don't think Tenpenny Tower should have it. It's too much of a residential property. but the other places, yeah. But not too much.
Tizerist: You gotta remember that, while Tenpenny is a residential area, it does have a bar and is full of rich people with nothing better to do.
He is my starting point for the Makeshift blackJack in the Capital waste.
Moriartie's Saloon,
Muddy Rudder,
Underworld,
Canterbury Commons,
Paradise Falls,
I've removed the slot machines from Moriarty's Saloon and, will likely only have a full casino In Tenpenny Tower. Thought on the balance so far? I'm not really a gambler myself so I tried to do my best but, I'm open to any suggestions.
