This website is, of course, all about online slot machines. We know that everybody that visits this website is going to be a slot machine lover, or at least considering developing a little love for them. We, therefore, thought that this would be a great opportunity to talk to you about slot machines and their history. Brief History of Slot Machines/Fruit Machines (Las Vegas, Pubs and now online casinos!) Remember; if you are British, the term Slot Machine is interchangeable with Fruit Machine. So, as you are reading the history of slot machines, it is pretty much the history of Fruit Machines at the same time! Back in the day when there were only slot machines in the physical sense. Slot machines have their roots in poker. Back in 1891, Sittman and Pitt, based in New York, developed a gambling machine. They didn’t really expect it to be all that successful as nothing like this had been attempted before, but they gave it a go. This ‘slot machine’ was pretty much like a game o...