| Charles Fey invented slot machines in
1895. He was a car mechanic and he lived in San Francisco, California.
The fist machine ever made was the Liberty Bell. It had 3 reels with hearts,
diamonds, spades and a broken Liberty Bell painted around the reels. Three
bells in the pay line produced a jackpot, that in those times where 50
cents or 10 nickels.
Nowadays, you can find the first Liberty Bell slot machines at the Liberty
Bell Saloon & Restaurant in Reno Nevada.
Vending machines were call slot machines also, but latter it became exclusive
for the gambling devices. Charles Fey’s Liberty Bell was a complete
success. A few years later, in 1907, a Chicago arcade machines manufacturer,
made a series of machines alike Fey’s and they were well known as
Operator Bell.
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