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Sources:
http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/document.php?rec=172&entry=51
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/gallery/photo/long-colorful-profitable-history-slot-machines-55000
http://www.slotsdetails.com/slots-history.html
http://museums.nevadaculture.org/new_exhibits/cc-slot_machines/exhibit2/vexmain2.htm
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25157544?uid=3739560&uid=2134&uid=2483512547&uid=2483512557&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=2483512547&uid=3739256&uid=60&purchase-type=article&accessType=none&sid=21104654362797&showMyJstorPss=false&seq=1&showAccess=false
http://slotmachineshistory.com/charles-fey.htm
http://catlin.casinocitytimes.com/article/the-liberty-bell-and-the-liberty-belle-an-interview-with-marshall-fey-part-i-28181
http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=51#_edn9
http://www.wired.com/2013/09/1885-map-san-francisco-chinatow/
http://books.google.com/books?id=B7WZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=%E2%80%9Cnickel-in-the+slot%E2%80%9D+machines&source=bl&ots=eS8pJFvFSE&sig=Bgpp6r3FLNGuNVZQ9LugS0JqOfk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=udQcVLuHKM-uogTx8IGwDA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=nickel-in-the-slot&f=false
