You can still view the original Liberty Bell slot machine at the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas. He called it ‘The Liberty Bell’ because a line-up of 3 Liberty Bell pictures would win the prize… 50 cents! The game was wildly popular and soon the mechanical games were everywhere. It was a wonder of levers and spinning reels. The first slot machine was the 1895 invention of mechanical engineer Charles Fey in San Francisco. Although vintage slot machines are getting much harder to find these days, several Las Vegas casinos still offer the fun of the original coin-operated devices.
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