The Liberty Bell, invented by Charles Fey in 1894, is considered the first modern slot machine. Fey’s design featured three spinning reels and five symbols: horseshoes, diamonds, spades, hearts ...

Slot machines have an intriguing history, evolving from late 19th-century mechanical gambling devices to today’s digital entertainment experiences filled with lights, sounds and jackpot excitement.

The Liberty Belle also was the home of The Liberty Bell – the slot machine, that is – along with more than 200 old slots from the decades of the early 20th Century (it’s Reno, some nine hours north of ...

The demand for Liberty Bell slot machines was huge. Fey could not build them fast enough in his small shop and that’s when a gambling supply manufacturer came in and tried to buy the ...

The first slot machine also known as Liberty Bell had three spinning reels that featured pictures of playing cards. Also picture of cracked Liberty Bell embedded on each reels.

Gamblers in the saloons and brothels of 1895 San Francisco dropped a nickel in the Liberty Bell's coin slot and tugged a spring-driven lever to set its three mechanical reels spinning. If the ...

What’s the real difference between a classic one-armed bandit and today’s feature-packed digital slots? And which one should ...

Fey would go on to create the more popular Liberty Bell in 1895, also known as the “one armed bandit,” and slot machines would migrate to the mining towns in Nevada with unparalleled success.

The Liberty Bell began its eighth and longest journey since it was first hung in the old State House of the Province of Pennsylvania at sunrise July 5, 1915. Its destination was the Panama-Pacific ...