Good evening to all the people who read this board, as Jack haddock reported there is no longer a Stike Machine in play at the Sundowner, it was a Sad Day but I had the Honor of being the last person to play the machine. I arrived in Reno at 9 A.M. today ( monday ) and played through 2 1/2 fills until there were no more new strikes at the casino, I hit the final single set of bars at 2:45 P.M. after I cashed out the credits I still had they opened it up and turned off the power switch and then unpluged the cord.
The machine did go out in a blaze of glory on the last 120 credits, it hit 1 triple bar, 1 single bar, 1 double and then with 9 credits left it lined up 3 red sevens for $50 on the first payline ( wish it had been the 3ard payline )and the followed it up on the next spin with its final 3 single bars.
Also as Jack stated and it was confirmed by two suits that only 100 of each desigh were ordered and that the first delivery was of 5 designs and a few days later the 6th and final design was delivered, this is why the first sets in auction were for only 5 designs. One last thing, maybe fate but who knows, the last stike to come out of the hopper was the last design released, the Horse Head.
One thing for sure, there can only be 100 collecters at the most with this set and I would think with the singles that have sold and a few I am sure went out the door with non collectors the amount of full sets is lower.
Walt