Pull It Again, Sam
March, 1974
Except in Nevada, they've almost vanished; but for more than half a century, the "one-armed-bandit" slot machine was one of the country's most popular amusement fixtures: It pitted man against machine, offering the alluring (if remote) possibility of beating Lady Luck, and even a loser had the satisfaction of getting by with something illegal.Slots date back to the 1880s, when a number of coin-operated devices paid off in money or in tokens good for drinks or merchandise, and these evo...
