1900 – The Improvement
The original design of Fey’s was improved by Stephen Mill in 1909. He decided to add new symbols on the reels and made it more compact in order to facilitate movement. It had an incredible success as was quickly embraced by the public.
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These early machines were louder and heavier than the ones we can enjoy today. Furthermore, they could not be operated by everyone and only those with a strong arm could pull the handle. The greatest downside was the fact that they could be easily manipulated and cheated. The player could inset a stick in it in order to stop it where he wanted.