Word: appareil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After two years of work. Prince Loewenstein had the machine in shape, called it Appareil Chance, patented it in all countries where gambling is legal. Housed in a rectangular box only seven and one-half inches long, the device works something like a combination typewriter and adding machine. When a number turns up on the roulette wheel, the operator spins a knob on the machine to that number. This rotates into position a drum of type carrying all of the number's group affiliations. Then a lever is pressed and the data are printed on a roll of paper...
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