My wife and I began collecting in 1991. Shortly after our first machine, I heard about a small cast iron machine made by Mills, a roulette machine that paid out in tokens. I began my quest. It only took eight years, but in the spring of 1999 at the Chicago Land Show sitting in a booth it sat. I nearly did a double back flip, my wife had to hold me down. After a lengthy negotiation over the telephone the owner and I came to an agreement, and off we went.