Slot machines have been in the audience since the last few years, drawing attention to their strident and striking colors, the ease of making money and the sense of happiness and hope that this machine offers to gamblers. This game has become part of our lives, as it is easily found in bars, physical casinos and nowadays in online casinos. It is well known machine, has evolved from classic themes, in which it was necessary to insert a coin to unlock the lever and have access to 3 reels that allowed to earn money, to the most modern versions, which include 5 reels and greater opportunities to earn money while having fun. This new version has not lost its essence, it continues to generate that feeling of impatience and hope for the players while waiting for the rollers to stop and give their final verdict, but it has as an additional factor, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without any interruption.
But, let's start at the beginning and for this we must return to the end of the 19th century around 1887 when Charles August Fey, a German engineer, created the first recreational machine with the greatest impact in history, the slot machine called "Liberty Bell", which took about ten years to complete its construction, the machine was quite advanced for its time as it had three spinning cylindrical rollers each with symbols of hearts, swords and diamonds coming from card cards.; there were also bells and horseshoes, where on each of the rails there was a bell of broken freedom and hence its name arises. The machine also had an iron slot to insert coins and a hand lever which activated the mechanism of the game. The prizes were obtained automatically and consisted of drinks or cigarettes and the maximum prize was half a dollar, which was obtained by obtaining three bells.
However, there are those who claim that Sittman and Pitt were the ones who had laid the foundations of the slot machines years before, this was false because the Sitmman and Pitt machine based on the poker game was built in 1891, this machine consisted of five drums with a total of fifty faces where the ten of Spades and the J of hearts were not included with the sole intention of reducing the chances of winning. The weakness of this machine lies in the inability to give the player the prize automatically, which was the sole task of the owner.
On the other hand in the early 20th century in 1907, Herbet Mills attracted by the potential of slot machines, began to produce the "Operator Bell" machines, where the machine mechanism was similar to that of the” liberty bell " with a small variation as this machine offered gum prizes, this in order to avoid the American laws that did not allow prizes in the form of money. The drum symbols were made of fruit representing the flavors of gum that could be won as a prize, popularizing then the bar symbol which was the logo of the company producing The Bell-Fruit gum machines Company
Later in the decade of the 60 in the year 1963, the company, Bally Technologies created the first slot machine electronic so-called “Money Honey” which lays the foundation for the online slots of today, in addition to the “ Money Honey” replace the side lever for a button, leaving her as an icon of the decorative and the rollers are replaced by screens.
Today with the advent of the digital age and the presence of the internet, it is even easier to find a game of slots with different symbols and themes according to the preference of the player, since online slots despite preserving the very essence of the game has a special and unique charm, as it can combine traditional machines with scenes of famous movies, interactive stories, bonuses and mini-games.
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