Lemons, Cherries and Bell-Fruit-Gum

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Mints and Trade Checks Made Some Slot Machines Legal

 Colorful Ads
of the 1930s

The slots in both ads paid out in Trade Checks instead of money. In another attempt to satisfy the law.both slots also vended an optional roll of mints in a ruse to keep the slots legal. In 1923 slot machine operators switched from vending gum to mints, because the gum would dry out.

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