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Liberty Bell.The Beginning of the Slot Machine.
German Immigrant, Charles Fey, credited with inventing slot machine.
In California, (especially San Francisco), in the 1890's, gambling was a popular type of entertainment. Many forms of slot machines existed at that time.
Charles Fey aimed at competing with these
existing slot machines with his "Liberty Bell". The "Liberty Bell" had many unique features that soon distinguished his machines.
Players liked the Liberty Bell, and any good establishment
gives the players what they like. The Liberty Bell was a big hit, and Charles Fey was given credit for inventing a "new"
standard in slot machines, that to this day has some
influence.
In the 1890's, slot machines can best be described
as semi-legal. By paying the players, slot machines were made illegal, and eventually banned in California. Charles Fey continued to produce his machines regardless.
He knew his machines were popular and that the end users
were the ones using his inventions illegally. Why should he
give up producing, when as far as he was concerned, they
were legal if used correctly?
He continued to produce and sell his inventions, and was eventually
arrested and fined.
It was never legal to produce or own slot machines
again in California as long as Charles Fey was alive. Production
was legal in other states and these producers often copied his
machines and sold them to his clients.
I wonder what Charles Fey would be thinking of doing in the year
2000 with Internet gambling and online casinos. Are we missing
out on the latest invention of the "Liberty Bell"?
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Cabin Fever
is a five reel, twenty payline, and two hundred coin slot machine
with a wild, multiplier symbol, a scatter symbol, a Free Spins
bonus game, and a Gamble bonus game. A two Sun symbols combination
activates the Free Spins bonus game, provided one symbol is displayed
on reel 1, and one symbol is displayed on reel 5. There is no
payout for any Sun symbol combination. The "Wild Blizzard" symbol is a wild, multiplier symbol. This means it substitutes
for other symbols to complete winning combinations. The Wild
Blizzard symbol doubles the payout of any combination it completes.
The Wild Blizzard symbol does not substitute for the Sun symbol
to activate the Free Spins bonus game. And it does not substitute
for the Squirrel symbol to complete scatter winning combinations.
Multiple Wild Blizzard symbols on an enabled payline create Wild
Blizzard winning combinations. Wild Blizzard winning combination
payouts are not doubled. The Wild Blizzard symbol only multiplies
payouts if it acts as a wild symbol. The Squirrel symbol is a
scatter symbol. This means that it does not need to appear in
a line on an enabled payline to win. It can be scattered anywhere
on the five reels, provided two or more Squirrel symbols appear.
1¢ to
a maximum of $1.00. Your wager is placed on each line, up to
5 coins per line. Wins are recorded from the left side of the
machine to the right. Winning totals vary depending on the symbols
you have lined up. Also, if you receive 2 or more scatter symbols
anywhere on the screen, you win the corresponding prize form
2X to 250X your bet. The Super Egg symbol is wild and completes
winning combinations with all reels. Within the game, click on
the PAY TABLE button to see the winning combinations and paylines.
Card Shark is
a 5-reel, system-wide Progressive game, and to view the pay table
you must click on the “Pay Table” button located next
to the red “Cash Out” button on the lower left side
of the machine. The progressive jackpot total is displayed on
the bottom of the machine, between your balance and the chips,
and re-starts at $1,000 every time the progressive jackpot is
won. This machine may only be played in the single denomination
of $.01 (that’s right, it’s only a penny!). To play,
put money in the machine by clicking on the chips in the lower
right corner and press “Bet Max.” This will play the
maximum bet (9 paylines and 45 coins), giving you the maximum
chance to win and automatically spins the reels. If you’d
like to play fewer lines or fewer coins per line, just select
the lines you want by using the “Select Lines” and
“Bet One” buttons. When you have the bet you’d
like, just press “Spin,” and wait for a win. Remember,
each coin is only one penny, which makes it easy to “go
for it!” Win by lining up treasures on any of the nine pay
lines. Receive five “Starfish” on any max bet line
and you win the progressive jackpot! Collect three “Treasure
Chests” anywhere on the screen and one will magically open,
and you win the amount of treasure (coins) in the treasure chest.
Get three “Card Shark” icons anywhere on your screen
and enter the card shark bonus round where you can play high/low
with the card shark. The “Card Shark” deals you three
cards face down. Then, simply determine if the next card is higher
or lower than the last card. Each correct prediction wins an
amount relative to your total bet on the spin (the more you bet
the more coins you receive). Note: Player loses ties and Aces
are always high. All of the pays, with the exception of the bonus
game winners, are played from left to right. That means that
you win when you line up the icons starting from the leftmost
wheel. Just click on the “Pay Table” button to see
what each combination pays.
¢ $1 and $5. When you hit at least one snowflake
with max coins on the payline, your snowman will slowly start
filling in with snow and the number above the snowman will increase
with each snowflake that you receive. You win the accumulated
snowman bonus once the number above the snowman reaches 200.
Watch out for the sun icons! Each sun icon subtracts one from
the number above the snowman but adds that credit to the snowman
bonus meter. Once you have won the snowman bonus, the bonus will
default back to 500 once you spin again. In addition, a penguin
icon will match any symbol on the payline except for the snowflake
and the sun icons. Frozen Assets slots may also be configured
as a local progressive game, where a 3-coin bet (max bet) hitting
three Frozen Sevens (7) on the payline wins you the local progressive
jackpot total, the current jackpot is located just above the
reels.
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