JUST HAD A CUP OF COFFEE WITH AN OLD TIME LAS VEGAS RESIDENT. THIS RETIRED GENTLEMAN WORKED AS A SLOT REPAIR TECH FOR YEAR'S DOWNTOWN AT MOST OF THE LITTLE LONG GONE CASINOS ON FREMONT ST. .... I ASKED ABOUT THE SHORT LIVED BUCKLEY SLOT MACHINES AND THE CASINO NAMED AFTER THE MACHINES. HE SAID BUCKLEY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1930'S ... POPULAR GAMES WERE ... BUCKLEY BONES (dice game) ... AND HORSE RACE GAMES. HE SAID THE MACHINES WERE QUALITY MADE, BUT ORPHAN MACHINES ... DUE TO PARTS AVAILABILITY ETC.... PAT BUCKLEY ... STAYED IN THE MANUFACTURING PART OF THE SLOT BUSINESS ... AND HIS 2 BROTHERS ... HUBERT AND JOHN WENT INTO THE RETAIL CASINO SLOT BUSINESS .... BUCKLEY BET ON 2 NEW MACHINES TO SELL ... MOST CASINO OPERATORS USED 5c and 25c SLOT MACHINES ON THE CASINO FLOOR .... BUCKLEY'S IDEA WAS LET'S PUT OUT 10c AND 50c MACHINES AND BE DIFFERENT ... WELL THE MACHINES WERE A FLOP FOR CASINOS ... PEOPLE DID NOT LIKE THE 10c COINED MACHINES ... THEY WERE PRONE TO JAMS AND THEY MADE LITTLE NOISE ON PAYOUTS. THE 50c MACHINES WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO PLAY AND YOU WENT THRU YOUR COIN BANK ROLL VERY QUICKLY ... BUCKLEY MANUFACTURING HAD A STOCK PILE OF UNSOLD 10c AND 50c MACHINES IN THE WHSE. THE OTHER 2 BROTHERS GOT A BRIGHT IDEA ... WE WILL USE THEM IN OUR OWN CASINOS ... JOHN BUCKLEY OPENED UP BUCKLEY'S CASINO ON FREMONT ST. AND HUBERT OPENED IN RENO NEVADA. BOTH CASINOS LOST MONEY AND CLOSED ... THE EXPEIRMENT DID NOT WORK .... THE REST IS HISTORY. COLLECTIBLES FROM THIS SHORT LIVED JOINT ARE VERY DESRIED ... ASHTRAYS ... MATCHES ... ETC. YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED .... I HAVE INCLUDED A GREAT LINK ON BUCKLEYS BY ALAN SCHUYLER OF OVER50VEGAS.COM ...THANKS FOR READING THIS POST .... RICH BURGEL


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