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This is your last week to catch "#GamesofChance" in Terminal 3. This image was posted on June 12, 2017. #slotmachines #gambling #antique #dices #poker #craps #americansaloon #americanhistory
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.
“Who hasn't dropped a nickel in the slot of those seductive little machines to be found almost any place where men most do congregate?...They are located in nearly all the saloons and cigar-stores in the City, eating up nickels as fast as the ‘tiger’ (card game) can eat up dollars.” San Francisco Call, February 2, 1896. This image was posted on December 09, 2016.