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Online Slots - Fruit Machines
Slots is an extremely popular online casino game, which give players a chance to win some serious cash prizes. Unlike traditional online casino games like Poker and Blackjack that rely on some type of strategy, slots machines are very simple and easy to play. You pull the arm or push the button, wait for the symbols to line up and see if you win. The only strategy involved in slots is knowing the payline and understanding what you can win or not win based on the amount of money you inserted into the machine before pulling the arm. Some online slots games feature 3, 5 or even 7 paylines and a button instead of an arm (or lever) to get the game started. It is always a wise piece of advice to play the max bet on a slot machine in case you hit the jackpot, simply because you can only win the jackpot if you play max bet.
In the 1940's Bugsy Siegel added slot machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas. The initial purpose of these slots was to entertain women while men were doing "serious gambling". But slots soon started generating more revenue than some casino games. Slot machines continued to evolve after that with the birth of 4 reel slots in the 1950's, hold and draw slots in the 1960's and video slots in the 1970's. In the past decades, microprocessor-controlled slots with up to five spinning reels holding hundreds of symbols have replaced the mechanical slot machines with three reels holding 10 or 20 symbols.
Today, with the emergence of the Internet, hundreds of virtual slots (aka simulation slot machines or sim slots) have appeared online. They work in the same way as traditional slots machines but they work via the casino gambling software not the chip inside the wooden box.
Video Slots
Video slots are much like slots except the dials and paylines are all displayed on a video screen. They can be found at land based casinos as well as online casinos and even at bars, pool halls and restaurants depending on the laws of the state or country they are in. Video slots are a popular variation of some of the more popular games that can be found at an online casino because they are simple to play and don't require the player to learn a tough playing strategy or to practice a lot. There are many thematic variations of the game at different online casinos on the net.
Slot machines appeared in the USA in the 1890's. The first 3 reel slot machine was invented in San Francisco in 1898 by a German immigrant named Charles August Fey. The machine was called Liberty Bell and had symbols of Bells, horseshoes, diamonds, spades, and hearts on its reels. Charles Fey manufactured and rented out his slot machines to gaming palaces for 50% of the profits.
Fey also created the first draw Poker machine in 1901 and the first silver dollar slot machine in 1929. Slots were made illegal in San Francisco in 1902 and the ban soon applied to the whole of California and Nevada. This didn't stop the inventor from continuing to manufacture his slot machines.
One of the top video slots played online today is Tomb Raider Slot.
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