• Mills Slot Machine Restoration on a Thumb Drive. A collector videotapes the complete restoration of a Mills Castle Front slot machine. It is an incredible amount of work, but the end result was an 8 hour video which documented the entire process.
• The slot now looked and operated as new. This example of the Mills Black Cherry is actually a Buckley Company remanufactured Mills. You can see the Buckley stamp on this picture of the frame. Buckley would buy used Mills machines, refurbish the mechanics, change the color scheme a bit, then resell them.

1990s: The Online Revolution

Here are a few of the things I have done around antique slot machines: Documented the complete restoration of a Mills Castle Front slot machine: Since very few people know how to properly restore a machine, I thought it would be interesting to document the restoration project.

WMS Industries Inc. had been hovering around the slot machine industry for a few years, but by the 1990s they had grasped the video slot revolution by the horns.

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WMS developed its first video slot with a second screen bonus. Reel 'Em In featured a fishing theme where players were able to trigger a Pick'em style bonus game. It paved the way for second screen bonuses like free spins for years to come.

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A speedier and cheaper internet allowed online gambling manufacturers to start developing slots that could be played at home. Microgaming had already been operating an online casino since 1994 but launched Cash Splash in 1998, one of the world's first ever online progressive jackpot slots.

As broadband speeds and operating systems improved, the number of developers grew. Major players like NetEnt, Playtech, and Play'n GO all started up operations in the 1990s and continue to innovate and expand. Online games became slicker and became available to play through both download clients and via web browsers.