Casino history can be read in the objects people handled: worn cards, roulette...

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Casino history can be read in the objects people handled: worn cards, roulette wheels, and slot reels built to turn chance into a public spectacle. In San Francisco in 1895, mechanic Charles Fey’s Liberty Bell helped shape the modern slot machine