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History and Evolution of Casino Slots Game
by Alina
The slots game is very interesting game and the history of slots is most fascinating part of the game. It is divided in three distinguishable eras, wherein each era left a lasting footprint on the gambling casino industry.
The Mechanical Era
Fey’s slot machine was a mechanical model, and instead of the fruits symbols that we see in recent slots machines, queen, depicted king, and jack Fey’s machine is best remembered for his cast-iron liberty Bell slot. He teamed up with the Mills Novelty Company and affected his first commercial slot machine called the Mills Liberty Bell. Basically this machine was covered in a cast iron case and its originally cast iron feet and toes were later replaced with detailed decorated feet as looks pretty. Each time a player hit a winning combination, a bell rang within the machine, and this particular amenity has stay alive the test of time. Ten symbols on each of the three reels and as is still the case. Suppose you got three of the same symbols of the pay line, that time you hit the jackpot.
Electromechanical Era
In 1950’s was the uninspiring era for the slot machine, which was surprising because the world had technically graduated to the era of electromechanical The major developments of the era was the discharge of the slot machine known as Big Bertha, which was followed by the even better Super Big Bertha. The machines were very luxurious and cost something like $150,000. The machine was powered by a 5 HP motor, and consisted of 8 reels, with 20 symbols per reel. But, all this control meant nothing for the players as only 80% was paid back to the players with the odds of hitting the jackpot being only 1 in 25.6 billion.
Computerized Era
The beginning of the computer in each and every field, here also computer online introduced. This era gave a new direction to the slot machines and they became more computerized where they not rely on preprogrammed random number generate that generates the numbers that match to patterns of symbols on the reels. This era closed the concept of using coins. Most of the machines today use video stimulated reels. Thus, the slots have moved onto the coin less era and the rise of the amazing internet casino has seen more and more players gravitating to the Internet slots from the brick and mortar casinos.
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Hello, I am Alina Farace. I am a freelance writer and web designer. I have published number of articles online in many ezines and article sites. I have written on online bingo games and casino games. I also writes on internet poker, roulette and other exciting casinos.
