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This first draft roughly reflects what the internet currently thinks, but I think the internet is wrong, because it's essentially just referencing itself. It would be better to find material that actually came out between the 1880s and 1960s. -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 15:46, 14 December 2018 (CST)

== They Create Worlds... but we have a wiki... ==

Don't worry... [https://books.google.pt/books?id=Cxy_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT113&dq=raymond+lemaire,+honolulu&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVsoT0nOD3AhUQt6QKHYeWBT0Q6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=raymond%20lemaire%2C%20honolulu&f=false Alexander Smith has to revise his book]... we just have to edit a page =) ... "...the company bought a never-before-used Mills slot machine tooling set from Bell-O-Matic..." my ass ... they knocked Mills mechanism off... Bromley was not just a "Mobster"... he was "THE MOBSTER"...--[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 21:02, 14 May 2022 (EDT)

==[[wikipedia:William J. Crum|William J. Crum]]==

[https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/3360059/ William J. Crum] ("One-Eyed" William John Crum... not to be confused with major general [[wikipedia:William Crumm|William Joseph Crumm]]) ... [https://web.archive.org/web/20210417031831/https://gangsterreport.com/mafia-comes-asia/3/ this was the guy that made all the dirty work for Bromley in South Vietnam] ... [https://books.google.pt/books?id=GKA3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA873&lpg=PA879&dq=william+j+crumm+hong+kong&source=bl&ots=KfixYAvLTh&sig=ACfU3U0Hpin6PXpO0fjEttVbtOVurArxOQ&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV-4HWy-D3AhXRUOUKHZYOBeMQ6AF6BAgXEAM#v=onepage&q=william%20j%20crumm%20hong%20kong&f=false he was named in the 1971 Senate investigation of illegal activities at American military post exchanges in Vietnam] ... [https://web.archive.org/web/20200111005104/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/06/archives/w-j-crum-figure-in-saigon-inquiry-killed-in-fire-at-58.html he died six years later in a mysterious fire at his home in Hong Kong] ...--[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 00:26, 15 May 2022 (EDT)

== ''Automatic Pleasures - The History of the Coin Machine'' ==

[https://dalemanpublishing.com/automatic-pleasures-the-history-of-the-coin-machine/ Wonderful book] by [https://niccosta.org/ Nicholas Costa] ... Yep... [https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:CashBox_US_1958-06-21.pdf&page=63 this ad] was [https://archive.ph/xeaUO/5cf83fd351aeebfcd0f238439fc20234ee4b0c9d.png also published] in the British newspaper ''[https://worldsfair.co.uk/ World's Fair]'' in June 1958, so ...  we are fine :) ---[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 19:02, 15 May 2022 (EDT)