Yako Casino: 22 ‘No Deposit’ Extra Spins and a 50% Languageen Locus One Arm Bandit Poker Machine Bonus Have your first deposit at Yako Casino matched 50%, up to £100, and get 22 'No Deposit' extra spins, just for signing up. Vintage slot machines were made by many manufacturers and in many countries. Some manufacturers no longer exist. Their machines, also sometimes referred to as one-armed bandits, can be quite rare and collectible. However, the most commonly available antique slot machines you'll find were made by four major companies. These include the following. A slot machine informally known as fruit machine or puggy or slots or poker machine is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed. Slot machines are also known as one-armed bandits because they were originally operated by one lever on the side of the machine as distinct from a button on the front pane.

Slot Machines: A Brief History of the One-Arm Bandit

The Humble Beginnings

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With a simple push of a button, symphonic music plays, a light show begins, and if you’re lucky, you could walk away a winner. Today’s slot machines are the Las Vegas strip, Broadway theater, and a block buster movie all rolled into one. Yet, like everything that has an impact on the world, slots had humble beginnings. There is contention as to when the first machine was created. In 1891 Sittman and Pitt produced a gambling machine which had a side lever that one could pull in hopes of getting a good poker hand. The mechanical technology of the time was limited and could not handle an automatic payout due to the many variations of 5-card poker. A winner would receive prizes from the establishment they were visiting often in the form of cigars or free drinks. During this same time, somewhere between the years of 1887 to 1895, Charles Fey built a different gambling machine known as the Liberty Bell. Comprised of only three reels, the complexity of the machine was simplified and allowed for automatic payouts. It had a total of five symbols consisting of diamonds, spades, hearts, horseshoes, and the Liberty Bell which gave the machine its name. It was wildly popular and checked all the boxes of what most consider to be the first true slot machine: lever arm, matching symbols for a win, automatic payouts, and ringing of a bell with a jackpot.

A New Era Begins

The popularity of the Liberty Bell spawned other companies to develop and add to the history of the slot machine, but in 1976, a major shift happened with the invention of the first video slot machine. Developed by Fortune Coin, this new gaming technology would define the look and feel of the following decades within the gambling world. The exciting songs of a jackpot win to the clanking of coins filling the payout tray, this new style of slots allowed for a greater variety of entertainment that we still can hear and feel today.

90’s and Beyond

Since the 1990’s, the decade that introduced online casinos (check out login joker123), technology has pushed the slot machine into an ever expanded world of spinning the wheel to create a fortune or matching the cards to double your money. Now with multiple ways to win and over a thousand ways to hit a payline, casinos can be a fun and exciting place to spend your time. Be forewarned, if you look to the side of your slot machine it’s possible to see remnants of the past. That lever has a name that few unwary travelers know, the “One-Arm Bandit”.

A vintage arcade 'Select Em' Gaming machine C. 1940, American, by New century, with original keys and fittings, mahogany-cased and wall hanging, height 46 cm, width 26 cm, depth 16.5 cm

A vintage Mills Novelty Co. 25 cent slot machine, made in Chicago, USA

A 1930s vintage coin operated arcadeAmusement machine, original painted board and case (needs restoration), used ping-pong balls with blower attachment. Height 185 cm, width 60 cm.

A vintage wooden hi-ball machine with hammer, C. 1930, original paint finish and rubber headed hammer, penny in the slot. Dimensions 210 cm x 6 cm.

An arcade golf machine 'Play Golf' by Chester Pollard C. 1930, English make, threepenny bit coin operated. Oak case with glass front and painted cast iron fairway (4 holes). Height 170 cm, width 11 cm.

An original arcade Mutoscope 'What the Butler Saw' C. 1910, SN3087 penny in the slot girlie photo reel. Reproduction iron stand. Height to top of stand 143 cm.

A 'Theatre of Mystery' working model, possibly from an English pier arcade C. 1935, coin operated, penny in the slot. Height 91 cm x 1 cm.

A vintage English stereoscope arcade machine C. 1920s, battery light with coin operated operation approximately 20 twin stereo cards. Original lenses and glass door. Needs restoration, shade deficient.

A Victorian 'Mills Perfect Muscle Developer' arcade/fairground machine, cast iron and nickle plated components with wooden frame 'Test your Strength' dial, penny in the slot. Height 1,70 cm

A 1970s vintage Kasco 'Gun Smoke' arcade machine, painted cowboy cabinet, coin operated with rifle on pivoting pedestal, with receipts, instruction manual and parts list with circuit diagrams. Dimensions 175 cm x 20 cm x 0 cm.

An Allied 'Sea Hunt' arcade machine 1972, twenty cent coin operated ball in play. Plywood and stainless steel angle iron legs. Height 183 cm, width 70 cm.

A vintage arcade machine 'What is your lucky number', one penny coin operated, painted blue, wooden base (glass needs replacing). Height 155 cm.

A 'Try Your Skill' penny in the slot arcade machine 1920s-30s. Three brass tracks with instructions on the front glass. Dimensions 67 cm x 8 cm

A vintage arcade Flip Ball Domino machine C. 1920-30, coin operated with brass fittings, knobs and levers. Dimensions 72 cm x 8 cm

An American 1920s bell vintage cast metal fruit machine, one-armed-Bandit' three reels no. 238768, raised flower and leaf motif, original painted details. Height 62 cm.

An American 1920s vintage cast metal bell fruit machine, one-armed bandit, three reels with stylised eagle pattern motif, original painting. Height 66 cm

A vintage arcade skill ball machine, one penny coin operation with flip handle, painted red wooden case. Dimensions 22 cm x 2 cm

A large rare American 1940s Panoram short film movie player with 'Soundies' film reels, stylish mahogany veneer cabinet made by the Mills Company for use in bars and restaurants. Mainly showing 1.6 cm popular jazz and dance band films. I…

An oak cased vintage skill ball with clowns arcade machine, coin operated with knobs and handles. Dimensions 74 cm x 7 cm

An orange painted wooden case skill ball arcade machine, custom made with central revolving pin wheel. Height 75 cm, width 45 cm

An old cast alloy frame and painted plaster HMV dog, the frame formerly part of an arcade machine. Dimensions 30 cm x 5 cm. HMV dog height 18 cm.

A 1920s vintage American 'little Duke' one armed bandit fruit machine 19A, cast metal with painted stylish decoration stamped number 20198 (needs attention). Height 63 cm

An old painted wooden house pistol shooting arcade game. Glass sides with a row of cats to shoot at. (needs overhaul), height 162 cm.

An original American coin operated Mutascope arcade machine. Made by the international Mutascope Reel Co. New York . Hand wound flipping photo card reel. Patent 1896 on ironwork stand. 800 approx cards. Height 136 cm.

An arcade 'Lolly Crane' by international Mutoscope Reel Co. New York, the 'Electric Travelling Crane' cast metal fittings, pulleys, stainless steel rods and slides etc. Height 174 cm.

Vintage amusement park ride seat, potentially the 'Paddle-pop lion', approx 78 cm high, 103 cm long

Vintage Penny Slot machine 'The clock' oak case with white metal fittings

An early 20th century oak Penny slot arcade machine, height 75 cm, width 39 cm, depth 25 cm

An ebonized chrome mounted oak cased penny arcade stereoscope, circa 1920s together with a collection of stereoscope viewer cards of nudes etc (separate power cable). 94 cm high, 33 cm wide, 30 cm deep

A miniature 'Las Vegas' fruit machine. 31 cm

A good 19th century French provincial elm dining table, with plank top and single frieze drawer raised on tapering legs. Length 2,20 cm width 75 cm

Two cast iron Arcade 1930s Racers, Green example repainted with replaced wheels. Both L. 18 cm

Patent Gold Changer Express by W & T Avery. Cast iron & brass, circa 1890. 37 cm

sovereign changing machine, 52 cm high

sovereign changing machine, 42 cm high

Peerless coin operated weighing machine. White enameled column with tiled platform base. One penny cost - operating, with enamel shield plaque, 'Your Doctor Says Weigh Yourself Daily'. Height 170 cm

Mills Counter Top Trade Stimulator. Cast iron with hunting scenes to sides. Complete. Near functional. Height 48 cm

Thomas & Wales Penny slot machine. 'The Greyhound Stadium.' functional, unrestored. Height 60 cm. Width 43 cm. Diameter 27 cm

Wooden cased Players Navy cut coin operated (6d) cigarette dispenser (Brecknell Munro and Rogers), 1928

A child's amusement ride in the shape of a giraffe 117 cm (height)

Garretts Bijou Gold Changer, c1900, iron money changer, 28 cm tall. A pioneering change machine…

An English 'Penny Arcade' Slot machine c. 1950's, horse racing, 'Win and Place' oak construction, nickel plated mounts working when lotted. Height 78 cm

A large fibreglass circus tiger amusement

One Arm Bandit Slot Machine

An Indian circus amusement in the form of a duck

Mutoscope No. M.N.41, international Mutoscope reel Co, Inc, New York ; red and green painted metal case, brass turning handle, coin-operated mechanism, base coin-collecting tray, the side door opening to reveal one Mutoscope reel subject No…

A cast iron coin operated arcade weighing scale by the United Vending Machine Co of Cleveland, Ohio, with enamelled instructions, the case labelled, American Talking scale, in unrestored condition. Sold with associated records. Height 197 cm…

A coin operated arcade weighing scale by the British American Novelty Co, with wooden case and cast iron base. In unrestored condition height 174 cm width 46 cm D80 cm

Wurlitzer 1946-47 Bubbler Jukebox, model 1015- 78 RPM, the most successful Jukebox of all time. In the years 1946-1947 over 60,000 were sold. In near new and original working condition. Here is a chance to own the 'King of Jukeboxes'…

Jukebox, AMI model JAH 200, includes approx. 200 records

Slot Machine - 10 cent Coin Operated Electrically Illuminated 4 Reel One armed bandit style in perfect working condition. 'Riviera' by Nutt, Muddle & Sons, Sydney. 74 x 40 cm

Wurlitzer chrome cased wall mounting juke box

AMI Model 1 wall mounting juke box

Seeberg Wall-o-matic Music Selector wall mounting juke box

Wurlitzer 200 play wall mounting juke box

Wurlitzer Model 1450 Juke Box, 1951-3 USA