Unlike many other casino games, slots were created in the late nineteenth century and its origins are well-known. One of the newer games in the gambling world, slots history started in 1887 when Charles Fey created the first slot machine in San Francisco, California. Fey is known as the father of slot machines.
The first slot operated by an intricate system of brakes, pulleys, and levers that only a mechanical whiz could have devised. The original mechanics behind the machine remained virtually unchanged for decades before becoming electronically operated. The layout and design of slot machines has remained in its original form for the last hundred years.
The machine had three reels and each reel contained five symbols; a liberty bell, hearts, diamonds, spades, and horseshoes. Three liberty bells was the winning combination with a 1/1000th chance of hitting it. The game was a hit in itself. Originally intended as a diversion for table players and the wives of high rollers, slot machines' popularity took off and today, accounts for more than half of the gambling games played in the world.
Recent Slots History
After a century of little change, slot machines switched to computerized random number generators in the 1980's. These computer-operated slots made their latest transition onto the Internet in the last decade. The Internet has seen slots popularity flourish. Players can now enjoy their favorite slots games from personal computers across the globe.
