Casino games of all kinds - poker, blackjack, Bingo, Slots, Roulette etc - have a long and often illustrious history. They HEAD our ancestors across the world and across the seas, introducing our families to the pleasures of the fine arts, literature, music and athletics. Let's take Slots for example - the best virtual casino games, from the mid-seventeenth century were invented by the French, who perfected the 20-reel and penny-a-liner type of game, becoming the first to do so. Thanks to the success of these games, called 'one-armed bandits' because of their simple playing style, they became known as 'pirate games' and soon spread all over Europe.

Once people had a new 'idea' for playing slots, along came 'online slots'. When casino slots started to appear, along came the first online casinos. Online casino slots, as they're called these days, are very similar to land casino slots, the only difference being that the casino part is online, and the fun part is right here, in front of you. All the wealth of the world is at your disposal within the confines of your home, at the click of a mouse, you can go online and place the bets that you want. Online gambling is legal, and as such, it's become a billion dollar industry.

Slot machines were created on a machine that was influenced by the designs of the Liberty Bell, which was the world's first notation of the number 0000. This led to the general belief that the slot machine was an invention of Charles Fey, who was a German Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1887.

The Liberty Bell machine had 1000 numbered slots, which are still in use and visible in many modern casinos. The slots in the old slot machines had different pictures; the pictures were aren't there today but for historical purposes, they were placed in the machine so players would have something to look at while they played.

The dewabet slot machines that we have today, were invented in the United States and were manufactured by the Americaniful Company betweenistically between 1901 and 1910. The company was founded by Charles Fey, older brother of the famous Charles Fey.

Each slot machine has a built-in device that stops the handle to turn the reels. The original slot machines had the reels that spin around a cam, which allows the player to have some control over when the reels spin. However, the Softones and Maxim made the switch to the electrical controlling the reels, which led to the more houselike look of the slot machines.

The first slot machines were electronic and the only method you could play was through the purchase of tokens, which were available from the store where the slot machine was sold. The tokens that were to be used initially were called crispies and the crispies were called prizes. However, as the machines became popular, people started losing the crispies to the slot machine and it became known as a 'loss'. From this, the name of the slot machine was born 'Jenny Was a PR'.

The first actually mechanical slot machine was created by Charles Fey aroundotypes in the year 1899. This machine could put out at least a quarter of a dollar's worth of tokens on the reel and had a pull down lever that could be used to change the outcome of the spin. However, these machines were gross expensive and no actual payout of prizes occurred, so no one really knew how to make money on them.

In the same year, a company by the name of Packard invented a slot machine that was slightly different. They produced a machine that had ten stops instead of ten coins and used nickel plated reels that had diamonds as payouts. They also started offering prizes.

In the small town of Macedonia, Georgia, a machine was installed by the Macedonia Improvement Association. The first slot that was put out there was called the 'Castle'. It was put out by the incorporation Toolmakers of Georgia and allowed to be put out on the market in a low cost machine. This slot was put on sale for $1,500 and the first pull was done by an automatic door mechanism. It was probably this machine that started the town of Macedonia.

As years passed, someone would build a new slot and someone would eventually become the owner of the machine. When considering an upgrade, the association with the toolmaker turned out to be like walking away from a bear trap with a loaded shotgun. So the nickname 'The Citadel' was applied to the slot.

With the popularity of the slot, the town of Macedonia also grew. In the Beginning, there were just about 6 to 10 hotels, but they began seeking to have casinos in the area. The Georgia hospitality industry was just what the town needed to attract visitors.