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\nHow come? Well, here’s a fr’instance: I was chatting with one of our regulars yesterday and he volunteered an idea that gave me one of those, “Wow! I could have had a V-8<\/strong>” moments.<\/p>\n

In discussing beloved but hard to find games like Sigma Derby<\/strong>, he suggested that a Downtown<\/strong> casino with floor space to spare (like the Plaza<\/strong> or Binion’s Gambling Hall<\/strong>) might clear out some of its Joe Average slot inventory in favor of a kind of Slot Machine Hall of Fame. It would feature games that don’t have mass appeal but still are remembered fondly. In addition to Sigma Derby, you could have Lion’s Share<\/strong> or some of the many, many, many<\/em> themed slots that IGT<\/strong>, Bally Technologies<\/strong> and others poured onto the market in the early part of the decade — Marilyn Monroe<\/strong>, Frank Sinatra<\/strong>, S&H Green Stamps<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n

It’d be gambling’s answer to the Pinball Hall of Fame<\/strong>, newly ensconced near<\/a> the Liberace Museum<\/strong>. The Pinball HoF gives you the best time-on-device value in Las Vegas, in my humble opinion. Why couldn’t the casino industry take a page from its book? And, hey, if Downtown doesn’t pick up the gauntlet perhaps the Tropicana<\/strong> could be the one to give it a whirl. After all, that casino’s got “nostalgia” writ large. If you’re reading this, Alex Yemenidjian<\/strong>, just remember that S&G<\/em>‘s advice is worth exactly what you’re paying for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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