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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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