Slot machine

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The first slot machine made by Service Games, the Sega Bell.

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Sega's beginnings were founded on their manufacture and sale of slot machines.

History

Early years

The production of early Sega slot machines lasted roughly from 1952 to the mid-1960s and encompassed dozens of models. In 1952, when the United States outlawed slot machines, Martin Bromley saw the emerging Japanese market as an opportunity for gaming. He purchased slot machines from the government, and set up a company to import them to Japan—Service Games. Later in the 1960s, when slot machines were made legal in the US again, Sega began importing slot machines into the market; however, several models used Alfred E Newman's trademark face from MAD Magazine and the company was told that if these models came to the US, that MAD Company would sue over the trademark issue, so these models were sold overseas to areas such as the UK and Australia.

Most Sega slot machines during this period were manufactured in Japan, but used original Mills dies and tools. Mills had three sets of dies; one was hardly used and Sega bought this set when Mills went out of business. The slot machines on this page are organized by what is thought to be chronological order, but there is no known dating of these at this time.

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Sega gambling machines
Classic
Bell series
Sega Bell (1956) | Sega Bell Classic (195x) | Multiple Bell (195x) | Multiple Bell Classic (195x) | Electro-Bell (1958) | Copper Sega (1963)
Star series
Bonanza Star (1962) | Bonus Star (19xx) | Paybak Star (19xx) | Diamond 3 Star (1960) | Diamond 4 Star (19xx) | Double-Pay Star (19xx) | Mad Money Star (195x) | Progressive Star (1962) | Console Sega (19xx) | Multi-Bell 35 (19xx) | Starlet (196x) | Monaco Starlet (196x) | Copper Star (196x)
Continental series
Continental Bonus (19xx) | Continental 3 Star (19xx) | Continental Progressive (19xx) | Continental Bonanza (19xx) | Continental Mad Money (19xx) | Continental Bulk Pay (19xx) | Continental Big Jack (19xx) | Continental Grand Prix (19xx) | Continental Mark 10 (19xx) | Continental Mark 20 (19xx) | Continental South Seas (19xx)
Windsor series
Windsor Aztec (1974) | Windsor Bonus (1974) | Windsor Buccaneer (19xx) | Windsor Crazy Bells (19xx) | Windsor Crown (1974) | Windsor Derby (1974) | Windsor Imperial (19xx) | Windsor Mad Money (1974) | Windsor Playboy (19xx) | Windsor Sailor (19xx) | Windsor Speedway M1 (19xx) | Windsor Speedway M2 (19xx) | Windsor Vegas (19xx) | Windsor Victory (19xx) | Windsor Wild Joker (1974)
Olympia series
Olympia Star (1964) | New Olympia (1969) | Olympia Mark II (1971) | Olympia Mark III (1972) | Olympia Golden Star (1974)
Others
Ascot (1966) | Mini-Sega (1958) | Lord Sega (196x) | Clover Bell (1960) | Black Jack (196x) | Bonus Line (1974) | Lucky Double (1974) | Bonus Twin (1974)
Modern
JPM International
Sonic the Hedgehog (1997) | Around the World in 80 Days (1997) | Planet Tours (1997) | Analog to Digital (1998) | Big Trader (1998) | Penguin's Fishing (1998) | Soccer Crazy (1998) | Club Firecracker (2003)
Pachinko
CR UFO Catcher (1998) | CR Sonic (2003) | CR Sakura Taisen (2007) | CR Virtua Fighter (2008) | Pachinko CR Sakura Taisen 2 (2010) | CR Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (2011) | Pachinko CR Virtua Fighter Revolution (2012) | CR Persona 4 the Pachinko (2015) | CR Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! Tenshou Gion-hen (2015) | Pachinko CR Puyo Puyo (2017)
Pachislot
Jet Set Radio (2003) | Sakura Taisen (2005) | Virtua Fighter (2007) | Sonic Live! (2008) | Pachislot Puyo Puyo! (2011) | Pachislot Sakura Taisen 3 (2011) | Pachislot Sakura Taisen 3: Loop Ver. (2012) | Virtua Fighter Pachislot (2014) | Pachislot Bayonetta (2015) | Pachislot Devil Survivor 2: The Last Seven Days (2015) | Pachislot Ryu ga Gotoku of the End (2015) | Pachislot Chain Chronicle (2018) | Pachislot Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio Ni (2017) | Pachislot Senjou no Valkyria (2018) | Pachislot Phantasy Star Online 2 (2020) | Pachislot Persona 5 (2022)
Others
M3001 (19xx) | M3002 (19xx) | M3003 (19xx) | M3004 (19xx) | M4001 (1989) | M4002 (19xx) | M5001 (19xx) | Sevens Plus (199x) | Bonanza Bros. (2010) | Golden Axe (2010) | House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Battle Genesis (2019) | Virtua Fighter Battle Genesis (2019) | NiGHTS Dream Wheel (2021)