H. C. Evans

H. C. Evans & Company of Chicago was once a leading manufacturer of casino equipment and supplies - both honest and crooked - in the United States.

On April 26, 1944, a representative of the firm, Dick Hood, was appointed to a planning committee of the coin machine manufacturing industry.

In March 1954 the firm introduced its last coin-operated console slot machine, named Saddle and Turf.

In 1961 Evans Park & Carnival Device Corporation was located at 1509 N. Halsted Street, Chicago 22, Illinois.

By 1929 the catalogue had been discontinued because "during the past several years this book has been copied and infringed upon by numerous unscrupulous individuals".

Prepared cards also included "luminous readers" and the associated equipment ("ruby ray" glasses and visors or eye shades).

The firm's "Giant Electro Magnet" was promoted as "the latest development in electromagnetism for the control of dice".

Pinball and other coin-op games sold under the Evans brand included the following:[2] Ski-Ball was protected by United States patent No.

Gambling wheel by H. C. Evans