Gene,
All I know is that I was in Big Al's in 1980 30 minutes after Gaming left after closing them down. I then played poker with a number of people including the Head Cashier who was a good friend of mine from Los Angeles. The reason they were closed down was because they could not pay off the owner of the RV lot across the street from Big Al's. He had hit them big on the craps table..............Andy - Las Vegas