Why it happened here -- San Francisco, cradle of the slot machine -- Charlie Fey and the Liberty Bell -- Shaking for the slot industry -- Renaissance to reform -- Slot machine innovator -- Hitting the jackpot by larceny -- Gum age, 1910-1922 -- Roaring Twenties, mints and jackpots -- Golden age, opulence and glamour -- Munitions to annihilation -- Circumventing innovations -- Nevada and Atlantic City, a legal approach -- Adopting slot machines for casino play -- Electronic age and video slots -- Edmund Fey and the Liberty Belle -- How the darn things work -- Mathematics.
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History of slot machines. Charles Fey was the author's grandfather.