Cards, wheels, and reels hold casino lore. In 1895 San Francisco, a shop made...

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Cards, wheels, and reels hold casino lore. In 1895 San Francisco, a shop made play a public show. This article reads each object for clues: how games grew, who built them, and what folk saw as cards were dealt, wheels spun, and slot reels turned