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Las Vegas Eats Its Own
Las Vegas has been undergoing a massive facelift the last ten years in the attempt to attract more and more visitors with full wallets. In the mad scramble for cash and prizes, most of the older slot machines are being kicked off casino floors and snapped up by collectors. Always a sucker for novelty nostalgia, I'm maintaining this location list of older gambling amusement devices and other vaguely-related esoterica.

Old-tyme slot machines:
Bruno's (Gerlach NV) - one machine with fruit
Bill's Casino (Lake Tahoe NV) - ~eight quarter machines, 1920's?
Pioneer Hotel (Laughlin NV) - six life size wooden character slots (50's)

Strange machines:
Sigma Derby (usually found near the sport betting area): Circus Circus, Caeser's Palace (tricked-out Centurion style; 25 yards into the Forum Shops), Imperial Palace (upstairs), Riviera

Other novelties of interest:
The famous Vegas Vic waving cowboy neon sign and Vegas Vicky are located at the Fremont Street Experience - I mention this because I called Las Vegas tourist info and they had indicated that the signs had been torn down. Thanks for the 'info', I almost missed 'em.

There is at least one Mahjong slot machine in that Reno Silver Legacy/Circus Circus/etc adjoining casino.

Foreign:
Sigma Derby: Venice Casino (Venice Italy), The Pelican (Venezuela), El Panama Hotel (Panama)
Sigma Derby Mark VI: Casino de Genting (Genting Malaysia)
Sega Derby: Salamis Casino (Northern Cyprus)

Bizarre 'Chainsaws & Toasters' slot machine: The Aladdin (probably elsewhere as well)

Questions:
I'm always looking for more information to add, whether it be exactly where in a casino a certain slot machine or old machine is, or anything of that nature, including corrections. Thanks!

Notes:

Old slot machines (display only) can be found at the Maxim (LV), Stardust (LV), Station House (Tonapah), and Classic Car Showroom (30 slots, Laughlin NV).

Desert Valley Museum (Mesquite NV) has five slot machines from 1936.

Liberty Belle Casino (Reno NV) has a (display only) slot machine museum (and 'slot machine book store'); it's run by the grandson of Charles Fey, inventor of the slot machine. (hours are not posted on the website; from experience, I say definitely call before visiting) They've also published a slot machine book which is just grand.

Lastly, remember: the best form of money management when gambling in Las Vegas is to jam as many coins in the slot as possible at one time, wait for the mechanic to come over, then do the standard hostage-for-money swap. Cake ... walk.

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Hand Carved Character Slots

  • Carved from Kiln Dried Bass Wood
  • Life size heads with realistic carved wrinkles
    Approx. Dimensions: 6' high, 24' wide, 18' deep.
  • Working Slot Machine
  • Can be shipped via UPS
    Shipped in multiple boxes and some easy assembly required
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History of the
Character Slot

Character slots came into being in the early 1950s when Frank Polk carved 92 life size statues of cowboys and eastern characters to hold slot machines. As the price of an original Polk character slot machine rose beyond the reach of even the most ardent collector, a few other artists started to carve character slots in 1977.

There are probably only a couple hundred of the wood carved character slots in existence, and therefore, they are quite rare and hard to find.

Making a
Character Slot

The process of making a hand carved character slot takes a great deal of artistry and little bit of production line efficiency. It all starts with several large blocks of wood. The individual blocks are glued and pressed together to create the necessary thickness. Patterns, similar to those that are used to make a suit of clothes, are used to cut the wood into roughly shaped legs and arms.

These legs and arms are then further carved by chainsaws and chisels and sanded to create the realistic human looking model. The arms and legs even have realistic carved wrinkes in them. The legs are proportioned to the style of the slot machine selected to create added realism.

The most difficult and time consuming part is the careful carving required to create the head and face. Each head is hand carved with a full head of hair and glass eyes, if requested.

After all the body parts are carved, they are assembled together. A fully restored slot machine is placed on the legs and last, but not least, our newly created friend is dressed up in authentic buckskin, cowboy hat, headdress, or whatever is necessary to recreate the image you are trying to replicate. Genuine hand-tooled holsters are specially made for the different cowboys. As difficult and time consuming as the wood carving is, just imagine how difficult and time consuming it is to find a full Indian headdress or stitch up a buckskin outfit. The end result of these weeks of effort is a unique, truly one of a kind, collector's piece.



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