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"Look! Our machines are open for inspection! One winning hand only." #GamesOfChance This tweet was posted on April 12, 2017.
"You win every time" The Little Monte Carlo allowed five-way play with payouts determined by the color played. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on June 01, 2017.
@HerEph @united Thanks for stopping by! The machines from #GamesofChance were on loan from the Joe Welch American Antique Museum. https://t.co/SGiUJdY1RE This tweet was posted on July 03, 2017.
@Sarahlthomas151 "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" will be on display until mid-June. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on March 27, 2017.
@mongster Thank you for stopping by! We hope you enjoyed our exhibition! #GamesofChance https://t.co/SGiUJdY1RE This tweet was posted on June 15, 2017.
@pheayre "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" will be on display in Terminal 3 until June 2017! https://t.co/SGiUJdY1RE This tweet was posted on February 14, 2017.
Charles Fey had been making coin-operated machines in SF for nearly 10 years prior to creating his Liberty Bell in 1898. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on January 11, 2017.
During the 1940s and '50s, #FrankPolk carved nearly 100 life-sized figures to house slot machines. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on March 27, 2017.
Early mechanical gambling devices employed a variety of clever actions to induce patrons to drop their coins & try their luck #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on January 30, 2017.
Learn more about inventor Charles Fey in "#GamesofChance", on display, post-security, in T3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on January 11, 2017.
Many color-wheel and roulette-based gambling devices were ornate and cast-iron for saloons and cigar stores. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on June 01, 2017.
Our newest exhibition, "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age", opens tomorrow post-security in T3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on December 09, 2016.
RT @onthebass: @SFOMuseum your current exhibition #GamesOfChance is awesome. Thnx for not being a standard boring airport #SFO #gaming #pok… This tweet was posted on February 28, 2017.
SF-based machinists and inventors Theodore Holtz & Charles Fey were pioneers in the development of early gambling devices. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on January 26, 2017.
Saloon proprietors could easily examine claims for winning hands through the window on this Oakland-made gambling machine. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on March 13, 2017.
See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" and on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on January 30, 2017.
See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on January 26, 2017.
See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on March 27, 2017.
See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on June 01, 2017.
See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on March 13, 2017.
See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/SGiUJdGr06 This tweet was posted on February 24, 2017.
The Liberty Bell, the first auto-payout, 3-reel machine, was an instant success in 1898 & set the standard for slot machines. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on January 11, 2017.
The first automatic-payout, three-reel slot machine was invented by Charles Fey in 1898 in San Francisco. #GamesofChance #DayofFacts This tweet was posted on February 17, 2017.
This machine patented by Harry Hoke, Jr., required the player to flip a steel ball into a snake’s mouth for pay out. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on February 24, 2017.
Through this flipping aspect, the machine was classified as a game of skill, thus avoiding anti-gambling laws. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on February 24, 2017.
“One-armed bandits” became a more literal term in the 1940s when casinos used elaborate life-sized devices to draw attention. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on March 27, 2017.
“Who hasn't dropped a nickel in the slot of those little machines to be found almost any place where men most do congregate?” #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on December 09, 2016.