Liberty Bell (game)

Once the player deposited a nickel, he could pull the lever on the side of the machine and the reels would begin to spin, stopping on any random combination of symbols.

Three Liberty Bells offered the largest payout of fifty cents (10 nickels), which was ejected by the machine.

In 1915 the company then began manufacturing a less expensive version of the Operator Bell, replacing the heavy cast iron machines with ones made out of lighter wooden cabinets.

Secondly, they created a line of themed wooden cabinets each with its own unique design, the first being Lion Head released in 1931.

In the late 1940s Bugsy Siegel added slot machines to his Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, initially as a way to entertain the wives and girlfriends of high rollers.