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" Slot machines : "
by Marshall Fey.
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BL
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892597
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| Main Entry
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Fey, Marshall.
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| Title & Author
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Slot machines : : an illustrated history of America's most popular coin-operated gaming device /\ by Marshall Fey.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Las Vegas, Nev. :: Nevada Publications,, ©1983.
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240 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 32 cm
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| ISBN
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0913814539
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: 9780913814536
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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History of slot machines. Charles Fey was the author's grandfather.
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| Subject
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Slot machines-- United States-- History.
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Slot machines.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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688.7/5
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| LC Classification
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TJ1570.F49 1983
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