Mills Vest Pocket Slot Machine Rare 1 Cent
Gambling in the United States in the early 1900”s was illigal in almost every State. The Mills Novelty Company of Chicago manufactured these small slot machines with the intention that they could be quickly hidden under the counter is needed. The Vest Pocket has all the features of the larger casino machines packed into a 9 inch cube.
This is a hard to find penny denomination machine, if you won the jackpot the player would get 21 cents! The 1930 equivelent of 21¢ in today's world is a whopping $3.50.
It has been cleaned and restored and it works perfectly. The cash box is present, the machine has been re-painted, the lock on the back door is a replacement. It's a Mills “PLUS” machine meaning that along with any win of thre of a kind, the payout will include the amount of coins on the payout flap PLUS one more coin.