So, August saved his money and made the pilgrimage to the United States. The family received letters from him talking of fortune and the good life America provided. Several years before, August’s uncle (his mother’s brother) had moved to and settled in New Jersey. He stopped in France for about three years, working as an intercom equipment manufacturer, and then made his way to a British shipyard (approximately 750 miles and an English channel away from home), where he settled down for five years as a nautical instrument maker. ![]() At fifteen, August hit the road (apparently fearful of his strict father and not wanting to serve in the military) and walked across Europe. Early on, he displayed an interest in mechanics, following his brothers’ footsteps and working in a farm tool factory in Munich. And it starts in Bavaria….Īugustinus Charles Fey was the youngest of sixteen children born in 1862 in the small village of Vohringen, Bavaria which sits at the edge of the Alps. The story of the slot machine is one of intrigue, theft, controversy, and murder. Neil asks: Who invented the slot machine?
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