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PAT. No.  GB189921519  Tivoli/Bagatelle type   Charles Hermann Muller (New Polyphon Supply), 1900  

PAT. No.  GB189900355  Skill game with balls on roulette-like table   Harry Geen Bucknell, 1899  

PAT. No.  GB189916495  Coin-freed racing game   Charles Middlebrook, 1900  

PAT. No.  GB189500268  Football (soccer) game with individual end controls (not coin-op)   James Sykes, 1895  

Canadian blog predominantly featuring pinball, but also pachinko and some British wall machines.

Italian specialist advertising vintage coin-op sales, restoration and research.

PAT. No.  GB1180560  Payout dice throwing machine   Mayfield Electronics Ltd., 1968  

PAT. No.  GB190207860  Electric shocker   New Polyphon Supply Co. Ltd. & K Schmidt, 1902  

PAT. No.  US2693962  Auto-pay dice game   Robert Stevens, 1954  

PAT. No.  US2007259  Basis for Mills Dice auto-pay craps game   Mills Novelty Co., 1935  

PAT. No.  GB538663  Improvements to coin-freed mechanism   Clement Garrett & Co. Ltd. & Leonard West, 1941  

PAT. No.  GB543028  Improved vending machine   Clement Garrett & Co. Ltd., 1942  

PAT. No.  GB530729  Improvements for delivering tickets etc.   Clement Garrett & Co. Ltd., 1940  

PAT. No.  GB324623  Improvements to coin-freed mechanism   Julian Clement Garrett, 1930  

PAT. No.  GB190104654  Improvements in money tills   Clement Garrett, 1901  

PAT. No.  US1998625  Deliver device for crane (Merchantman)   Claude R Kirk, John F Meyer, 1935  

American mechanical antique slot machine dealer supplying machines and related spares (decals, award cards & manuals).

The Old Penny Arcade at Woodbank Nurseries & Garden Centre, Harden Road, Harden, Bingley BD16 1BE contains a great selection of classic vintage games and working models in an attractively decorated 'seaside' interior.

Detailed construction plans and instructions for building classic German wall machines, plus some useful replica parts.

PAT. No.  GB272624  Pneumatic two player football   Charles John Jacobs, 1927  

About a dozen machines including an Ice Hockey, Time Limit allwin, Carousel allwin, 3-4 bandits (German), 1930s small fortune teller (nice rare thing), pusher, Challenger, etc. It also has an American Diner with a very nice set of 1930s fortune teller scales and jukebox. It's open every day, upstairs at The Shake Shop, 12 Market Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6BB

PAT. No.  US2135182  Mysterious Eye payout dice   Joze Allen, James E Johnson, 1938  

Long-standing American supplier of slot machine spares, castings, parts, reel strips etc.

Describes itself as the world's largest museum of jukeboxes, pinballs and coin operated entertainment machines displaying about 700 items from between 1890 to 2018. Terra Technica is in Excalibur City, Chvalovice - Hatě 195, CZ 66902 Znojmo, the Czech Republic.

The Vulcan Cylinder Record Company make hard-wearing, plastic cylinder records for use on Edison, Columbia and similar cylinder phonographs using original techniques. They offer a range of records in standard 2-minute, 4-minute, 6-inch long and 5-inch diameter Concert formats and bespoke recordings. Based in Sheffield, England.

Extensive catalogue of Mutoscope reels made with original equipment and techniques, including bespoke content. Tom Reverand, 145 Woodland Rd. Demarest, NJ, USA.

PAT. No.  FR428705  Paris Courses   Automatiques Bussoz, 1911  

The Internet Pinball Machine Database — also known as the IPDB — is a comprehensive, searchable encyclopedia of virtually every pinball machine ever commercially made.

PAT. No.  FR463669  Roulette Visible   Automatiques Bussoz, 1914  

PAT. No.  US2053828  Coin-freed machine (US pat)   Percy Stephen Harper, 1935  

PAT. No.  GB350002  Combined weighing & vending machine   George Salter & Co Ltd & Edward Robert Rogers, 1931