The slot machine was made by Charlie Fey in 1894 in his apartment, a colour wheel slot. The original slot machines were having three reels featuring paying card pictures. Slot machine games were played by pulling a lever on the side of the machine setting up the reels in motion. In the liberty bell slot machine if the all the reels stops having liberty bell symbol on all of them then the players has won a grand jackpot.

The slot machines were banned in America in 1902 although Charlie Fey and other competitors did not put off and came up with machines having fruits and candies pictures replacing the picture of cards. And with all wining line of a particular product the player wins the product as a jackpot. And those how Slot machines became famous as fruit machines.

The slot machines were also known as “one-armed bandit”, referring to the lever as being one arm.

Online casino was the biggest advance in the slot machine history. The online casinos took off in 1990’s and adopted the slot machines as their main game as in the land-based casino. Most of the players play online slots with the comfort from their home.