Jimmy Hoffa Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 I took my wife into the Gold Spike once. Once. She later told me she would never set foot in there again. I loved it, degenerates looking at the slot trays for nickels. People sipping discarded drinks, rooting ashtrays for smokable cigarette butts... One of a kind hell-hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Hoffa and Fish miss the DESERT INN MikeMan misses the WESTERN GOOD LORD🙄 -AXL LANDERS- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, FISHHEAD said: Hoffa and Fish miss the DESERT INN We had the run of the house at the D.I. when I was a kid. Racing golf carts, tearing it up poolside and signing for refreshments, gourmet meals in the Crystal room, dinner shows in the Painted Desert room. Debbie Reynolds wishing mom a Happy Birthday from the stage... Great times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyF0cker Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 The only casino I hated seeing go was the Stardust. But there are a few sportsbooks on my list... Leroy's Cal Neva Lucky's Strat Venetian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: We had the run of the house at the D.I. when I was a kid. Racing golf carts, tearing it up poolside and signing for refreshments, gourmet meals in the Crystal room, dinner shows in the Painted Desert room. Debbie Reynolds wishing mom a Happy Birthday from the stage... Great times. Was a special venue........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, MonkeyF0cker said: The only casino I hated seeing go was the Stardust. But there are a few sportsbooks on my list... Leroy's Cal Neva Lucky's Strat Venetian Were you in town when Little Caesar's was operating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, MonkeyF0cker said: The only casino I hated seeing go was the Stardust. Should have added the STARDUST in my top four list, not sure which one would omit from list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, FISHHEAD said: Should have added the STARDUST in my top four list, not sure which one would omit from list. I must have had the prime rib $5.95 deal 50 times. When they opened the big sportsbook I thought I was on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, Jimmy Hoffa said: When they opened the big sportsbook I thought I was on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyF0cker Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, Jimmy Hoffa said: Were you in town when Little Caesar's was operating? No. Was before my time. Moved here in 2007 but was back and forth for poker and sports for about five years before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, MonkeyF0cker said: No. Was before my time. Moved here in 2007 but was back and forth for poker and sports for about five years before that. Action-packed little dive. $0.25 craps, $0.25 beer and patrons that would scream and throw shit at the sports book TV. Madness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: Action-packed little dive. $0.25 craps, $0.25 beer and patrons that would scream and throw shit at the sports book TV. Madness... After leaving the Castaways, went on to the ALADDIN and Gene Mayday's right hand man at the Little Caesers , "Buddy", started same time as me there.................we became great friends, he was fantastic and had great old time stories, many involving Gene. He actually still worked parttime at LC's when he became full time employed at the Alladdin. Spent hours and hours hanging out at Little Caesers, for better or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, Jimmy Hoffa said: GOOD PHOTO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 ...............if those payphones could talk, WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Third payphone from the right, that's me taking a bet from L.A. before going inside to lay it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeneMorgan Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 I had a small milk jug of pennies and decided to take them to the western one day to play the penny slots. Hand feeding them, getting dirty. Gave up after about fifteen minutes bored out of my mind. Gave the rest to a lady next to me. She was so stunned I thought she was gonna cry. Playing pennies three or five at a time was a painful experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, EugeneMorgan said: I had a small milk jug of pennies and decided to take them to the western one day to play the penny slots. Hand feeding them, getting dirty. Gave up after about fifteen minutes bored out of my mind. Gave the rest to a lady next to me. She was so stunned I thought she was gonna cry. Playing pennies three or five at a time was a painful experience. the ONLY fun experience i had using actual coins was when my mother came back to the room at 2am at westward ho... said "mike wake up i have a bucket of dollars we can play with"... i grunt something like get lost then she comes back at 3am with 2 buckets of dollars... i wake up lol i'm guessing it was about $1000 but to her, that night, it felt like a million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 fishhead why did money baby at virgin close last month? that was a pretty cool venue now apparently there is no sportsbook whatsoever open at virgin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, EugeneMorgan said: I had a small milk jug of pennies and decided to take them to the western one day to play the penny slots. Hand feeding them, getting dirty. Gave up after about fifteen minutes bored out of my mind. Gave the rest to a lady next to me. She was so stunned I thought she was gonna cry. Playing pennies three or five at a time was a painful experience. I believe the top payout on those penny slots - 6 coins per spin as I recall , was either 10000 0r 15,000 pennies $100-150, and I'm sure that paid off once in a blue moon. No one got rich on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeneMorgan Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Been awhile but yeah either 50 or 100 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiseThese Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 3:19 PM, FISHHEAD said: ...............if those payphones could talk, WOW 20 seconds in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 When worked at the Castaways, would take calls from those LC's payphones daily to write down line moves happening at Little Caesers. We had one guy stationed at LC's and another at the Stardust to relay line moves to us(payphones at Stardust also, just outside the entrance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Landers Posted July 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Fishhead, how about going to the original place in question in this thread and reporting back 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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