High Roller Casino

High Roller Casino, released by Stern Pinball in January 2001, brought a full casino theme to the playfield - complete with a slot machine featuring a dot-matrix display for spinning reels and a moving handle, and a roulette wheel that can accept the ball from two different entry points. Jon Norris originated the concept and began the design, with Keith P. Johnson taking over as lead designer after Norris left the company.

The game is built around two flippers, three pop bumpers, two slingshots, a 4-bank of drop targets, nine standup targets, a spinning target, and a magnet positioned beneath the roulette wheel that can prevent the ball from completing the loop shot. An elevating ramp in front of the slot machine offers three positions of elevation, and a physical ball lock can hold up to three balls at once, feeding into the game's multiball opportunities.

With its animated backglass roulette wheel and mechanically elaborate casino toys, High Roller Casino stands out among early-2000s Stern releases for its theming and playfield engineering, even as exact production figures are not well documented.