The current trend for online slot machines has not dampened collectors' enthusiasm for the traditional fruit machine.īell-Fruit has been producing fruit machines for more than 50 years, so it is possible to come across a vintage slot made by this brand from as far back as 1963 when ‘3-A-Like' started appearing in British pubs in 1966 the company launched its first console models ‘Full House' and ‘Strike,' which were among the first AWP (Amusement with Prizes) machines. Slot machines were first introduced in the 19th Century and first featured fruit symbols in 1902, in the 1960s they developed to become electromechanical, and video slots followed in the 1970s. With the introduction of the new £1 coin in 2017, there is a new market among people looking for updated classic gaming machines. Evoking memories of British seaside holidays and lost hours in the amusement arcade, coin-operated fruit machine gaming is popular among collectors on the lookout for new or vintage slots.
