Las Vegas Slot Machines

Slot machines have changed drastically since the days of the three mechanical reeled "one armed bandits." Slots in 2025 look like video games in action. We've captured some images that show how Las Vegas slot machines have changed over time.

Lurch and Uncle Fester are featured in this row of Addams Family slot machines, which were introduced in July 2000. Note that the mechanical three reel setup has already been abandoned in favor of video screens. However, the next image, Aladdin No Risk slots, shows that the old fashioned single row of three mechanical reels was still being used in 2000.

Aladdin No Risk slots in the year 2000. I don't recall what the gimmick was, that made them "no risk." These are the easy to use original style of slot machine where all you had to do was line up 3 of the same symbol to win.

This is the Forum Casino at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, late 1990s. Caesars Palace has three casinos. The pandemic forced casinos to mostly abandon this layout of slot machines sitting right next to each other. Now you mostly see groups of 2 to 5 slot machines arranged in a circular pattern rather than in a row. Some older properties and downtown casinos still have some of the pre-pandemic casino arrangements in place.

Paris Las Vegas casino in 1999. A coffee at the casino bar was $4 at the time. It's almost always less expensive to pay for drinks rather than to gamble for free drinks, which end up not really being free.

Elvis slots were introduced in the 1990s.

I Love Lucy slots were introduced in 2003. They had an old fashoned CRT screen (cathode ray tube) rather than mechanical reels.

Monopoly slots were introduced around 2000. They have a CRT screen in place of mechanical reels and a Monopoly game board above the screen.

Jeopardy slots as seen around the year 2000, when slot machines were transitioning from mechanical reels to digital screens. Alex Trebek hosted the TV show Jeopardy from 1984 until 2000 when he passed away. I rarely played slot machines except for Wheel of Fortune and Triple Diamond, so I'm unsure how they incorporated the Jeopardy format of "the answer is......" into the casino game.