The Fast History of Slots
Xenia Luch
30 June 2023
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Online slots are digital versions of traditional slot machines that have become increasingly popular in the world of online gambling.
A slot machine is a device on a screen that originally functioned mechanically, later electromechanically, and today mostly electronically.
- The first mechanical slot machines was Black Cat by Caille in 1889.

- 1961 – the first electromechanical slots. Slots worked using electricity, though the operating mechanism of pulling the arm was still in place. It also included the new feature of a bottomless hopper, which allowed the machine to dispense a vast number of coins in one go.

- Online slots evolved from the first video slots introduced in 1976. The first online slot was developed by Microgaming in the mid-1990s, and would mark the beginning of online gaming for real money.

Do you know? Slot machines are also known pejoratively as one-armed bandits.
Look at early mechanical Slot machine War Eagle (1931):