{"id":1081,"date":"2021-03-04T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betvisa888.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2022-10-24T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:51:49","slug":"slot-machines-bar-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betvisa888.com\/slots\/blog\/slot-machines-bar-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Slot Machines Say “BAR” on Their Reels?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most common questions any slot player<\/a> would think about is the meaning behind that \"BAR\" symbol<\/strong>. Why does it appear in several slots and what kind of \"fruit\" is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We dive into the history of slots in this article to know what the slot machine BAR symbol<\/strong> represents.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the BAR symbol?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BAR slot symbols are a common payout symbol<\/a> among fruit slots<\/a> and are often the letters BAR in a small box. Certain slots have multiple iterations of the symbols by having two BAR words stack onto each other while others also include three BAR stacked into one symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different fruit slots have varying values for their respective BAR symbol.<\/strong> A majority of games have the BAR symbol as the second-highest or mid-tier payout symbol in between the 7 and fruit symbols. In the case of games with multiple BAR symbols, the two or three-layered ones frequently have better payouts than the regular ones. Fruit symbols are used to add a retro aesthetic to a slot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History of the BAR Symbol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The slot machine BAR slot symbol has to do with gums.<\/strong> To be precise, the symbol is a pack of rectangular gum<\/em> that you can easily buy from your local grocery or convenience store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us go back to the early 1900s when one-armed bandits or the earliest slot machines were banned due to the strict prohibition of the US on gambling at that time. Establishments found a way to get customers to spin the reels by offering gum as its payout. It is why cherries and lemon are often present in fruit slots since these are gum flavors.<\/strong> You can find these slots in bars or speakeasies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1909, the Industry Novelty Company was the first one to create mechanical fruit slots. They were followed by Mills Novelty Company based in Chicago who made their slots with a single difference, a BAR symbol within the reels. What appeared on the reels of a Mills Novelty Company slot was a photo of a gum pack during its first iteration, which was replaced with the BAR symbol we are familiar with today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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