How to play Golden Nugget 64 on Mac

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Game summary

The famed Golden Nugget Las Vegas hotel and casino is the setting for the following games: Blackjack: The goal of blackjack is to get the total point value of your cards to 21 without going over; Craps: The objective of craps is to bet on the outcome of dice rolls; Five-card draw: Like most poker games, the point of five card draw is to have the best hand after the final betting round; Roulette: The goal of roulette is to correctly guess which slot the ball will stop on; Seven-card stud: The goal is have the best hand over other opponents; Video poker: The goal of video poker is to make the best possible hand. Unlike other poker games, there are no opponents. You win a certain multiplier of your bet based on your hand; Texas Hold 'Em: To objective is to have a better hand than your opponents. Big Six: Similar to roulette, this game has players try to successfully predict what symbol the wheel will stop on; Mini-Baccarat: The goal of mini-baccarat is to guess which hand is closer to 9 without going over; Slot machines: In order to win in slots, players must match a winning combination of symbols. These symbols vary from slot machine to slot machine. There are six different slot machines in this game.
First released: Dec 1998

Play Golden Nugget 64 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Golden Nugget 64 on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Golden Nugget 64 installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Golden Nugget 64 like you would on any PC.
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