@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged GamesOfChance This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 27 posts and this is page 2 of 3. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

@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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.