Because of his refusal, in 1907, Herbet Mills, a manufacturer from Chicago who specialised on arcade machines, began production of a slot machine, a slight copy of Fey’s Liberty Bell in which he ...

inspiring countless variations and becoming a symbol of the slot machine industry’s origins. In 1907, Herbert Mills introduced the Operator Bell, building upon Charles Fey's Liberty Bell.

Q: Enclosed is a picture of a Mills’ Jackpot Bell slot machine, also known as the Poinsettia or Reserve Jackpot. I understand that these were made between 1928 and 1932. I think that this one ...

That little disc of silver is going into a 1936 Mills Novelty Company War Eagle slot machine. As Treacher puts the quarter into the machine he tells us "the odds of getting three bells are one in ...