Casino history is easier to see in the objects people handled: marked cards,...

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Casino history is easier to see in the objects people handled: marked cards, roulette wheels, and slot reels. In 1895, San Francisco mechanic Charles Fey built the Liberty Bell, an early automatic slot machine with three reels