DEER LODGE, Mont. — From the 1920s to the late 1940s, slot machines were common fixtures in Montana speakeasies, taverns and saloons. But in 1950, the Montana Supreme Court ruled the machines were ...

BUSINESS THAT RECENTLY MOVED TO STOCKTON DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM WITH GLEAMING CHROME AND BRIGHT CANARY YELLOW AND RED PAINT, THIS MACHINE IS POISED AND READY FOR A QUARTER, BUT IT’S NOT IN A CASINO.

‘This is a nightmare around here’: As the high cost of living and redevelopment push blue-collar businesses out, Steve Squires seeks to preserve his craft by leaving Silicon Valley. Part of the ...

For all the exterior bells and whistles, modern slot machines are surprisingly empty on the inside. The spinning apples, oranges and “jackpots” are the last remnants of the mechanized slots of ...

Any journey begins with a single step, and the journey to from the first mechanical slot machines to modern games with bonus events, multiple progressive jackpots, high-definition video and other ...