Black Cat (slot machine)
Black Cat (English for "black cat") was the name for the first slot machine in the world.
function
It was developed in 1889 by the Caille brothers under the name Caille Black Cat in 1889 . The player had different colors to choose from, which he could bet on with a coin . Then he turned a lever so that the colors rotated on her plate. If you hit the right color, the player won.
This is how the name "one -armed bandit " came about . The slot machine was particularly popular with wealthy society. It was a thoroughly decorated, Victorian-style box .
literature
- Bill Kurtz, Sabine Bartels: Slot machines and coin-op games: a collector's guide to one-armed bandits and amusement machines , Verlag Book Sales, 1994, ISBN 1555217311
In addition, the Lucky Luke comic "The one-armed bandit" is about the Black Cat machine.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfried Schmitz: Der Einarmige Bandit planet-wissen.de June 1, 2009 (accessed April 8, 2012)