Amusement machines were all built for the exact same purpose: parting customers from their hard-earned money. Yet the ways in which these machines have done this is as varied as the glorious designs that have adorned them. Machines range from the mutoscopes that showed ' What the Butler Saw' through to pinball machines fruit machines the classic one-armed bandit & the penny slot machines that are so evocative of seaside holidays & Edwardian amusements. They continue up to more modern versions of the amusement machine like table football & golf machines. Amusement Machines" charts this stunning range & investigates the changes in their design & evolution over time."