Cards, roulette wheels, and slot reels are more than tools of play. Their...

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Cards, roulette wheels, and slot reels are more than tools of play. Their designs reveal how gambling changed and how people encountered it. In 1895, San Francisco mechanic Charles Fey built the Liberty Bell, an early hit among coin-operated slot machines