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Fans of Ellen DeGeneres might notice a familiar smile peering back at them from slot floors of a handful of Northern California casinos these days: Ellen herself.

Two new machines from slot manufacturer IGT feature animated versions of Ellen singing, dancing and saying familiar catchphrases from her popular daytime talk show. The formal titles of the slots are “The Ellen DeGeneres Show Featuring Ellen’s Dance Party Video Slots” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show Featuring 12 Days of Giveaways Video Slots.” The penny machines started appearing on casino floors this year; casinos that have the slots include Cache Creek Casino Resort in Brooks (Yolo County), Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park and Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore (Kings County).

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Slot geeks like the new slots because they incorporate IGT’s new CrystalCore cabinet, a physical format that features better-than-usual sound and high-definition visuals on a 42-inch vertical touchscreen display. Ordinary gamblers like the games because they offer fun sequences in which a computerized caricature of Ellen dances around the screen and sings a variety of tunes. The machines also are programmed with a number of bonus cycles that pay out anywhere from 200 to 2,500 units.

These bonus cycles resonate particularly well with fans of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” One, dubbed the “Know or Go Bonus,” is designed after the “Know or Go” segment on Ellen’s show, and has (virtual) contestants stand upon a (virtual) platform and eliminates them one by one based on player selection. Another, dubbed “Ellen’s Wheel of Riches Bonus,” mimics the Wheel of Riches from the show and offers players a chance to spin a touch-screen wheel and claim a windfall of cash (or, in this case, coins).

So far, these features appear to be hits. Graton has six machines, and Kord Nichols, vice president and assistant general manager, said the machines “became some of the most popular in the house” virtually overnight. Nichols added that it’s not unusual to see a crowd standing around the machines, laughing at what transpires while people play.

“Ellen has a wide audience, which means slots that have her on them appeal to a broad group of people,” Nichols said. “Slot machines with a fun theme are just more fun to play.”

Nichols added that Graton expects to add four new machines by the end of the summer. Representatives from IGT said they expected the slots to start appearing in other area casinos this year.

Matt Villano is a writer in Healdsburg. E-mail: 96hours@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @mattvillano

Ellen Degeneres Slot Machines

If you were a celebrity who could put your name on anything, what products would you pick? Supplements? Blenders? An energy drink? If you're talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, the answer is 'slot machines,' and the devices are apparently drawing crowds to Northern California casinos.

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The slots, which were announced by gaming company IGT last fall, are 'some of the most popular in the house” at Rohnert Park's Graton Resort & Casino, the Chron reports. Forget the baccarat, James Bond — if you're spying in NorCal, it's apparently all about the Ellen slot machine! Sigh.

DeGeneres relentlessly promoted the casino attractions on her show's website a few months ago, with not just a product announcement, but trumpeting in January that 'Someone just won $5,000 on Ellen’s new slot machine!' That's why you pay Ellen the big endorsement bucks, I guess?

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'From the first spin of the reels, the famously familiar Ellen theme song emanates from each game and players are transported to the set of their favorite TV hour,' IGT says. Sure, if Ellen's set is full of cigarette smoke and gritted-teeth gamblers, and is located in fucking Rohnert Park.

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According to Casino Gambling Expert Al Moe (a name and title that totally makes me think of this), 'the huge Ellen photos' that endcap the slots 'are a bit creepy, as her eyes seem to follow you around the slot floor.' The Chron, however, says 'it's not unusual to see a crowd standing around' the six Ellen slots at Graton Casino, 'laughing at what transpires while people play.'

Hilarious or creepy? Here's a gripping video of the gambling devices that might help you decide.

The slots are also at NoCal gambling joints including the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Kings County and Yolo County's Cache Creek Casino. According to IGT, other area casinos are expected to add machines with the multihyphenate's (DeGeneres is also an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights and plans on launching a homegoods/lifestyle brand later this year) mug in coming months.