It was the year when we celebrated the centenary of the slot machine. Generally called "Slot Machine", a slot machine is considered as a sophisticated electronic device. Gambling for excellence, was first conceived by of the first true slot machine reels, better known as the Liberty Bell.

The first slot machine was therefore born in Bavaria, but was exported to the since 1905. In fact, the man was passionate about mechanics and decided to settle.

The man without whom there would be no slot machines, has created his own company, an SAL specializes in the installation of telephones and other electrical units. Very soon, Fey was asked by the famous Gustav Schultz manufacturer of mechanical parts to prepare more elaborate.

After doing the first tests on machines with dials and working according to a system of wheels, Fey comes from the organization that manages the lottery popular in his state. So, in 1896, he created a second company decided to concentrate on the manufacture of his famous, a revolutionary slot machine reels.

The latter was quite small, made of metal. Comprised of rollers which published as symbols of the jaw (hence the name of Liberty Bell) and aces of spades, diamonds and hearts, as well as the image of a horseshoe. There were a total of ten stops on each reel and the machine proposed already a large number of possible combinations.

The car mechanics Fey aquifer the market until the sixties, shortly before Bally, the first contestant Della Liberty Bell, launched its electronic slot machines. Furthermore, the slot machine was the subject of industrial espionage. Mills, a renowned manufacturer of the same region had no compunction in making an exact replica of the Liberty Bell. Fey had in fact long since lost the monopoly of its marketing and distribution.