what all I knew for sure as to the first strike ever. And no cap then since silver was worth much less than the $7 face value. It was another fun game to play and the casino just expected players to turn them all back in for the $7 and the casino could just keep running them through the machines over and over again. Just like the Clads of today. Who was to know it would have now some roughly 25 years of fun.

My first strikes were the $10 strikes from Boomtown in Verdi. They had a machine just outside the kids arcade. So when my kids played I got to play. And as fate would have it I won 3 on less than a $10 bill, so I was hooked.

Been a great ride all these years and I have met soooo many great people along the way.

Dennis