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16 March 2006
The Story Of Slots
The first slot machines
were meant to entertain wives and girlfriends of
high-rolling casino patrons.
 Ever
since they were first invented, slot machines have been
popular because of their handsome payouts and because they
allow you to play at your own pace.
Their popularity spread
throughout the United States in the 1930s, and in the late
1940s slot machines appeared at the Flamingo Hotel in Las
Vegas.
Their invention, however,
dates back to the 19th century. Prototypes of mechanical
slot machines existed in the 1870s, but the first proper
slot machine was built in 1895 in a San Francisco basement.
Credit for the invention of the three-reel slot machine is
typically given to Charles August Fey (1862-1944), a German
inventor and entrepreneur who moved to the United States in
1995.
Fey's first commercial
model, the Liberty Bell, was placed at different locations
in San Francisco and did so well that Fey walked away from
his electrical supply company and concentrated on
manufacturing slot machines instead.
In 1896 Fey opened a slot
machine factory that was subsequently destroyed in the great
San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906.
In 1901 Fey designed and
manufactured the first mechanical poker slot machine, the
precursor of today's electronic poker games. Charles Fey
truly deserves the credit of being the father of the slot
machine.
So now you know who to
blame!
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