{"id":8387,"date":"2021-06-09T08:01:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T08:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoy.net\/blog\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2021-06-01T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T08:18:38","slug":"history-of-slot-machines-how-it-all-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/history-of-slot-machines-how-it-all-began\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Slot MAchines: How it All Began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/slot-Machines-2-300x238.png\" alt=\"History of Slot Machines\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/slot-Machines-2-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/slot-Machines-2.png 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-section block-paragraph current\">After having so much fun with online casino gaming it is only normal that you under up thinking whose brilliant idea it was in the first place. casino gaming has been in place for years now. This is why you will find some of the games being dated to as early as the 16th century. Therefore, this article is going to be specifically looking at the history of slot machines.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editor-section block-heading-two current\">History of Slot Machines<\/h2>\n<p class=\"editor-section block-paragraph current\">Slot\u00a0machine\u00a0history\u00a0may\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0as\u00a0extensive\u00a0as\u00a0gambling\u00a0history. But\u00a0it\u00a0certainly\u00a0stretches\u00a0back\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0time\u00a0when\u00a0Internet\u00a0gambling\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0even\u00a0a\u00a0notion,\u00a0let\u00a0alone\u00a0anyone&#8217;s\u00a0reality.\u00a0Only\u00a0two\u00a0centuries\u00a0after\u00a0gambling\u00a0was\u00a0recognized\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0craft\u00a0and\u00a0key\u00a0source\u00a0of\u00a0amusement\u00a0in\u00a0Europe,\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0slot-like\u00a0devices\u00a0appeared\u00a0to\u00a0spice\u00a0up\u00a0the\u00a0entire\u00a0gaming.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editor-section block-heading-two current\">The Sittman and Pit Slots<\/h2>\n<p class=\"editor-section block-paragraph current\">Whereas\u00a0the\u00a0Sittman\u00a0and\u00a0Pitt\u00a0slot\u00a0machines\u00a0are the\u00a0first\u00a0slot\u00a0machines\u00a0ever\u00a0produced. Therefore, their\u00a0design\u00a0and\u00a0mechanism\u00a0differed\u00a0from\u00a0what\u00a0would\u00a0subsequently\u00a0be\u00a0described\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0slot\u00a0machine.\u00a0Sittman\u00a0and\u00a0Pitt\u00a0slot\u00a0machines\u00a0looked\u00a0more\u00a0like\u00a0a\u00a0poker\u00a0machine\u00a0than\u00a0a\u00a0slot\u00a0machine\u00a0when\u00a0viewed\u00a0from\u00a0a\u00a0current\u00a0gaming\u00a0perspective.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editor-section block-heading-two current\">The Liberty Bell Slots<\/h2>\n<p class=\"editor-section block-paragraph current\">Charles\u00a0Augustus\u00a0Fey\u00a0is the\u00a0designer\u00a0and\u00a0inventor\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0automated\u00a0slot\u00a0machine. Albeit\u00a0there\u00a0is\u00a0no\u00a0precise\u00a0date\u00a0on\u00a0record\u00a0for\u00a0when\u00a0the\u00a0machine\u00a0was\u00a0built.\u00a0The\u00a0Liberty\u00a0Bell\u00a0slot\u00a0machine\u00a0paid\u00a0out\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0money\u00a0for\u00a0three\u00a0bell\u00a0symbols,\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0how\u00a0the\u00a0machine\u00a0acquired\u00a0its\u00a0name.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editor-section block-heading-two current\">The Operator Bell<\/h2>\n<p class=\"editor-section block-paragraph current\">Casino slots became a lot more colorful and fun. Despite\u00a0the\u00a0fact\u00a0that\u00a0slot\u00a0machines\u00a0were\u00a0formally\u00a0forbidden\u00a0in\u00a01902,\u00a0the\u00a0Liberty\u00a0Bell\u00a0continued\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0made.\u00a0However,\u00a0because\u00a0cash\u00a0awards\u00a0could\u00a0no\u00a0longer\u00a0be\u00a0<em>dispensed. <\/em>I<em>t<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0time\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0fruit\u00a0machine\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0the\u00a0stage\u00a0of\u00a0gambling\u00a0entertainment\u00a0and\u00a0offer\u00a0everyone\u00a0some\u00a0sweets. In 1907, Mills created an even more fun and interesting slot game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After having so much fun with online casino gaming it is only normal that you under up thinking whose brilliant idea it was in the first place. casino gaming has been in place for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8389,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8387\/revisions\/8389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}