Slot games have been around for more than a hundred years. The concept has always been fairly simple – put in your money, spin the reels, line up the symbols and win. It’s been that way for a big chunk of slot life and players seemed to be content. Why wouldn’t they be? Life was simpler and so were slots. In the 90s, however, legalized gambling swept the United States and attracted millions upon millions of new players. Of course, this newly acquired...

Bright lights, loud noises, fluttering images, and a self-made promise that the next spin is going to be a big win. This is the appeal of slot machines, a global phenomenon that’s taken the world by storm ever since its creation back in the late 19th century. The Birth of the Slot Machine San Francisco, California, 1895. A young Bavarian mechanic by the name of Charles August Fey finally settled after emigrating from Europe and...