SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER PAID Issue #45 January / February, 2007 US Postage Santa Ana, CA Permit No. 1135 Permit No.

PreSort First Class First PreSort Silver Strike by Pam Martin Machines President’s Remarks, 68 Casinos with Silver For one hundred and thirty three silver Strike Machines strike players 2007 started off just per- 34 fect. The Tournament at the was the BEST. The Four Silver Strike Club Queens Hotel and Casino was very Members impressive. First their hotel rooms are 608 extremely nice, our hotel room was one of nicest I have seen downtown. Check out our The Staff is not only very friendly, you Website... would find them around everywhere www. making sure we were having a good silverstrikers time and keeping things running .com smoothly. There were strikes, silver Sign up for our strike machines and silver strike play- newsletter at: ers everywhere for days. The welcome silverstrikers@ reception was very nice, two days of gmail.com tournament play plus the awards ban- quet including a winner's table, Pearl Inside this Issue Rogers this year's winner will be joining in next year. The trade session was a great success. I would like to thank Bill Jollie for Four Queens Artwork 3 greeting all the new members to the trade session and helping to make them feel more comfortable. This is something we have Historian’s Corner 4 been working on for sometime with Mike Hennessey and we Secretary's Corner 6 plan on continuing with the next trade session at convention. I would like to thank the Staff at the Four Queens including Recent Releases 8 Pam, Mike and Todd and especially Shaun Webster who made it

Club Coin Finalists 9 all happen and made it very special. From what I hear they are already working on next year's event and it's going to be bigger Call for Nominations 12 and better. I believe there will be an automatic 133 people re- turning, plus many more. Auction Results 13 These last few months the approval list continues to include Silver Strike Locations 14 more and more tokens. The tokens have been slow in appearing Silver Strikers Silver Strikers

www.silverstrikers.com www.silverstrikers.com and now it makes you wonder what is the real problem. January Tournament Pictures 15 brought 5 new red caps plus a $200 at the Four Queens, all of

C/O Kevin Pyles - 1st VP Pyles Kevin C/O Howard Drive 517 85635-1136 Vista, AZ Sierra [email protected] these tokens were perfectly struck with no flaws in the rims or Membership Update 16 any problems with the lettering. At the same time Mandalay Classifieds 19 (Continued on page 2)

PAGE 2 SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER ISSUE #45 ISSUE #45 SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER PAGE 19 Club Contact Information Classified Ads Office Name Email The catalog that’s always updated and only printed when ordered. “Comprehensive President Pam Martin [email protected] Silver Strike Reference Guide” only $29.05 including postage. “Illustrated Nevada Errors and Variances” for $40.00 including postage. [email protected] 1st Vice President Kevin Pyles [email protected] William Cohenour, 11206 Saticoy St.., Sun Valley, CA 91352-4728 2nd Vice President John F. Miller [email protected] Treasurer Judy Barton [email protected] Full Line of Airtite Capsules and Storage Containers to protect the beauty of your strikes in all denominations. Lowest prices, fastest service guaranteed. Only company to offer wall Secretary Bill Jollie [email protected] frames for 1-42 Silver Strikes. If you collect it, we can FRAME it!!! 1-800-747-8469, visit Newsletter Editor Position Open Please Volunteer! the Website: www.tinytreasures.com Tiny Treasures, Inc., PO Box 336089, N. , NV 89033 Pub. & Promo Chair Gary Heinz N/A Grievance Chair Bill Brooks [email protected] JACKPOTAUCTIONS.COM Visit the auction site especially for Silver Strikers – truly economical! Hall of Fame/Elections Jo Reifer [email protected] Hundreds of strikes are sold at reasonable prices every week!!! Historian Jeff Gaffke [email protected] ______”Try it – you’ll love it!!”______Webmaster Jim Moser [email protected] Selling all silver strikes and bezels, including own collection. President’s Remarks Continued 10% off listed price. E-mail Lisa Jung, [email protected]. Bay and Slots A Fun came out with new $40's and $10's. Many of these have flaws For a list of strikes for sale, see web page: http://chippermel.lvha.net in the rim and weak lettering in the silver portion. Some are trying to say these examples of poor workmanship are "errors" and trying to get a few extra dollars for Silver Strikes FOR SALE OR TRADE. Visit my NEW Website at a token that is nothing but sloppy work done by the mint. They are not "mule's" or http://2ht2wlk0.tripod.com or contact me at [email protected] "coin aligned" or even a clashed die, just inferior workmanship done by the mint. You can also write me to request a list of strikes available at: Not long ago many of us were disappointed with the quality of the new $200 pro- Valerie Horan, 3350 Partridge Run Street, Laughlin, NV 89092. duced by the Roger Williams mint. We were able to work with the casinos and now have some beautiful $200's like the new Four Queens Hugo's Cellar and last COLLECTION FOR SALE year's Vegas Club $200 celebrating our seventh anniversary. Hopefully we will get Nevada $10 only, including copper rims. Have collected since ‘95, over 1700 different back to the gold plating on the $200 as well. It is my hope that we can continue to strikes. Send us your want list. e-mail [email protected], fax list to 801-254-0455 or mail work with the casinos and IGT who need to take notice of these tokens and de- to Gary & Robyn Curtis 1597 W. 9775 So. South Jordan, UT. 84095 mand better quality. New designs and proof quality tokens are what I hope to see in the future. It is also time for nominations for new officers. Your board's term is up this August, Letter to the Editor 2007 and it time for every position to be open and nominated again for the next term. I am hoping with all the new members many of you will step up to the plate and take on this challenge. We need to move forward and maybe move into some I would like to thank you and the Silver Strike Club for the great time I had at the new directions. Please consider running for an office. It is fun and really not a lot of Four Queens in my very first Silver Strike Tournament. Although, I came in 82nd it work. Things run pretty automatic now. John has fine tuned the newsletter and most was very exciting to meet many of the members. Also I would like to thank Gary of the responsibilities are easily handled. All offices are open for nomination, Presi- Heinz for encouraging me to play, it was very exciting to play for all the different red dent, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Each of the caps and little icing on the cake, sitting next to Mr. Nelson the designer of the quar- duties can be found on our website at silverstrikers.com. Any articles for the news- ter pounder! Once again my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and hopefully letter will be greatly appreciated. Its your turn to say what and where we need to we will try again next year! Brian & Vicky Tait-Russell, Las Vegas (Continued on page 5)

PAGE 18 SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER ISSUE #45 ISSUE #45 SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 Silver Striker’s Websites Board Meeting Minutes by Bill Jollie NV Gaming Commission’s Monthly Approval List The last Board meeting of 2006 was held at 5:00pm Pacific time on December 28. http://gaming.nv.gov/chip_token_rpt.htm All Board members were in attendance. Silver Strikers The following is the list of topics discussed along with a brief summary of some of the discussions. http://www.silverstrikers.com • Trade Session: Pam will continue to look for a place for the trade session to Jim Quinn be held during the annual meeting. All bids and details will be shared during our first board meeting in 2007. Currently that is scheduled for January 16th. http://members.cox.net/silverstrikes/ • Silver Strike Party at the Convention: The board unanimously agreed (in Archie Black light of last years success) to get bids on a location for a party during the annual conference. http://www.callzia.com/dghome/acchips/home.htm • Lifetime Membership: A long discussion was held regarding this issue. De- Don Nesbitt, Jr. tails will be released no later than the annual meeting. http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dont44/myhomepage/club.html • Creating Committees and Chairs: The Board voted and agreed that the creation of committees and chair appointments would require a majority vote. Lisa Jung • Newsletter: A motion was made and seconded to identify the newsletter as http://chippermel.lvha.net bi- monthly by changing one of the identifiers to read January/February 2007, March/April 2007, etc. instead of the month actually published. The motion was Andy Hughes carried. http://www.NevadaCasinoChips.com • New Club Coin: The Board will vote and select 5 coins to present to the membership for final selection. The Board will select the 5 finalist during the Kevin Pyles January Board meeting. http://members.cox.net/tazdude/ • Cost of Club coin: The sale price and number of coins produced will depend on the price to produce this year’s coin. Bill Jollie agreed to follow-up on this George & Pat Linderman issue. http://www.hometown.aol.com/linpatmar/myhomepage/business.html The following topics were also discussed by the Board. No final resolutions were Dave Ruffell made. http://www.home.earthlink.net/~daveruffell • Retiring Member Numbers • Dues Wayne & Linda Sone • Membership Cards http://chipcollection4u.com/Nevada-10-40-Silver-Strikes • Strike of the year plaque Valerie Horan • Special Mailings

http://2ht2wlk0.tripod.com The Board will have a special meeting on January 16, Want your website listed here? Just send us the website address to silver- 2007 with Jeff Bitzer to select the finalists for the Club Coin Design Contest. [email protected]

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When I signed on for this position, Mary Lou Waterbury provided me with a Silver Strikers history of the Silver Strikers Club. Below is a first installment of the story of c/o Kevin Pyles our club. HISTORY OF THE SILVER STRIKE & 517 Howard Drive THE SILVER STRIKERS CHAPTER/CLUB Sierra Vista, AZ 85635-1136 Part One

Name:______Silver strikes first appeared in 1992 when Anchor Gaming introduced a $7 silver strike slot machine in several casinos in Nevada. These strikes did not have a case so they got pretty banged up. Address: ______The strikes were touted as souvenir coins so when people won one or more they took them home and tossed them in a drawer. A few people felt that this was City: ______something they could collect so they began searching for more of the machines. At the end of 1993 the $10 strike made its appearance. Also in 1993, a $28 silver State: ______Zip: ______strike was in play at the Aladdin, Las Vegas, Golden Nugget, Laughlin and the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Phone # _____ - _____ - ______E-Mail ______In 1994 and 1995 Anchor Gaming tried a 5 cent machine with a prize of a $2 brass “silver strike.” Casinos that offered these machines were the Aladdin, LV and Har- Collecting Interests: rah’s Reno which featured the Seven Wonders of the World. The Edgewater in Laughlin did Eleven Wonders. The Teller House in Colorado came out with seven ___ All ___$7 ___$10 ___$20 ___$40 ___$200 Man Made Wonders and seven Natural Wonders. The Grand in Colorado had the ___All ___Nevada ____Colorado Other_____ Seven Wonders with both 1994 and 1995 dates. Deadwood, So. Dak. had Seven Wonders dated 1994 and 1995 plus four cars and motorcycles. The $3 “silver strike” was put out by the Aladdin Casino featuring the World’s Seven Wonders. Publish the above information in the Club Roster? __Yes ___ No In 1995 a $5 pull machine was introduced in five Nevada casinos with a prize of a $200 strike. This was not popular and it ended with the machines being pulled and I have enclosed my annual dues for: the $200 strikes sold out of the cashier cages. ___ Annual Membership $10.00 In 1998 the Imperial Palace came up with the idea of trading 20 $10 strikes for a $200 and other casinos followed this concept. ___ New Member Processing Fee $ 5.00 Janice O’Neal was printing out a list of all the Nevada silver strikes, to sell to all in- ___ Optional Spouse Associate terested persons. Membership $10.00 The strike machines were catching on in other states as those states began permit- ___ Additional Roster $ 8.00 ting legal gambling. Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michi- Total Enclosed $_____ gan, Minnesota, Mississippi Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, all jumped on this new “fad.” Even cruise ships along with a few of the Spouse’s Name ______islands in the Caribbean installed the strike machines. Membership Sponsored By: ______During these first years collectors were meeting other collectors at the strike ma- chines delighted to find someone with like interests. Names and addresses were (Continued on page 5) Check out our website @ www.silverstrikers.com

PAGE 16 SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER ISSUE #45 ISSUE #45 SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER PAGE 5 Membership Update: 2006-2007 Drive President’s Remarks Continued By Kevin Pyles move forward. Our membership drive is rolling right along. In the last two months we have We also have the results of our club coin contest and its time to added another ten members to our Club. So far on our drive we have added 30 new vote on your favorite. This will be our club coin for 2007. Please members. We are almost one third of the way to our goal for this year-100 new mem- remember to vote. I would like to thank everyone who submitted bers. A few members are close to winning a prize so be sure to keep those new mem- a design for our contest. The designs were great and only made bers coming! Welcome to our newest members, who are listed below. We need all our decision a hard one. There were a few of the designs that had our members to participate. Here are the guidelines for the membership drive: to be automatically rejected because of trademarks. The use of certain names, people, etc that cannot be used without their per- mission, and had to be rejected. Dates for Drive Qualification: August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2007 I would like to thank the board for their support and help these For sponsoring 3 new members, you will receive a free roster and one last few weeks and especially to Judy Barton who has been work- year’s free membership. ing on our trade session at the Four Queens. It will be Tuesday August 7, 2007. Please mark your calendar for this fun event and For sponsoring 5 new members, you will receive a free roster and two one not to be missed. Judy is working on our celebration party year’s free membership. for 2007 with all the board starting to get things lined up for con- vention August 8 - 11, 2007. For sponsoring 10 new members, you will receive a free roster and three Please take some time to vote on these items in your newsletter year’s free membership. and to consider giving some time to your hobby and club. We are continuing to grow and always bringing in new members. Re- In the newsletter, as in the past, we have inserted a Silver Strikers applica- member the club is only as good as its members. It's time to step tion for you to pass on to a prospective new member. Make sure to put up and give something back. your name on the application so we will know you are the sponsor. Pam

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exchanged. People for the most part were laboriously writing up their want lists and Member Member Number Sponsor sending them around the country. Ray Moritz took out an ad in the Numismatic Malinowski, Richard SS-1033 Richard Anderson Magazine and met several collectors who responded to his request for silver strikes. Beach, Rosa SS-297-A Harry A. Beach It was so exciting to run across someone who shared your interest. We were all Geffner, David SS-1034 Silverstrikers.com wondering how to contact others and get more silver strike buddies. Rhoden, Dan R. SS-1035 Bill Brooks Horton, Scott SS-966-A Sylvia Fajardo-Horton To be continued… Rolinski, Joseph J. SS-1036 Sharon Pamperin King, Bruce SS-1037 Silverstrikers.com A few gambling quotes: White, Earl SS-1038 Silverstrikers.com McGrath, James P. SS-1039 Silverstrikers.com “In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the Keno Simmons, Darrel (Moose) SS-1040 Larry Jones Lounge. Nothing ever gets hit there.” --anonymous casino boss “I hope to break even this week. I need the money.” --a veteran Las Vegas player

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Secretary’s Corner SilverTournament Strikers Tournament Pictures 2007 By Bill Jollie

It took me two weeks to come down from the incredible high I was on during the Four Queens slot tournament. Six silver strike machines, incredible new coins and one of the most beautiful prize coins anyone could hope to win. Every time I look at it I remember, the awards ceremony, the fantastic trade session and all the people and fun we had together. This club brings me more joy and fun than I ever expected. First Place Winner, Pearl Ann Rogers... Second Place, Neil Willman... Third Place, Scott Snider I thought that being a board member would take away from the fun of being in the club, but it only enhanced it. So far the things that come with being on your board have given me a great deal of say in how we operate and will operate in the future. Soon, actually now, is your chance to throw your “hat” in the ring for a chance to direct the future of our club. Please believe me, you will enjoy the ride. If you have ideas for our future, don’t sit back and hope, step in and make something happen.

Here is what it looks like... In line for the Hugo’s $200... Lucky Judy Rasmussen... Do you meet prospective club members at the Silver Strike Machines? If so, and you would like to print out your own cards just like the one below, send and email to [email protected] with your Name, Club Number and we will send you a PDF file that you can use to print out your own sheet of cards on Avery Business Card Stock.

Cut the card below out and use it to recruit a new member the next Table of Champions... Dan Hanagriff getting ready... Shaun helping hand out the $200s... time you meet someone at a Silver Strike Machine.

Patiently Waiting in Line..... Nice Cake... I’ll make you a deal...

Bill & Ann Brooks... Jeff and Sue Bitzer...... Frenchy showing how it is done...

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Locations with Silver Strike Machines Recent Approval Lists Special thanks to IGT Freemont Hotel LAS 11/16/06 40 1956 Freemont Casino Opens its Doors Casino City State Qty. Freemont Hotel LAS 11/16/06 10 1956 Freemont Casino Opens its Doors LAS 11/17/06 40 Front Picture of Wynn Casino Aladdin Resort & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 3 Sierra Sid’s SPA 11/29/06 10 Civil War Series—Revolvers and Flags Bad River Bingo & Casino Ohdanah Wisconsin 2 Four Queens LAS 12/15/06 10 Hugo’s Cellar Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Four Queens LAS 12/19/06 200 Hugo’s Cellar Las Vegas Nevada 3 LAS 12/21/06 10 Railroad Track with Spike Bill's Lake Tahoe Casino Stateline Nevada 2 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 10 Fin Chinese Restaurant Black Oak Casino Tuolumne California 1 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 10 Japonais Restaurant California Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 10 Kokomos Steak and Seafood Casino Morongo Cabazon California 2 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 200 Danny Gans Entertainer of the Year Delta Saloon Virginia City Nevada 1 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 10 Danny Gans Entertainer of the Year Las Vegas Nevada 2 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 10 Danny Gans Entertainer of the Year –Sitting Back Freemont Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Mirage LAS 12/21/06 10 Danny Gans Entertainer of the Year—Shoes Four Queens Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Orleans LAS 12/31/06 10 Gator w/Checkered Flag Gold Coast Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Orleans LAS 12/31/06 10 Gator w/Flowered Shirt, Hat and Drink Golden Eagle Casino Horton Kansas 1 Orleans LAS 12/31/06 10 Gator w/Slot Machine Nevada 2 Orleans LAS 12/31/06 10 Gator w/Bowling Ball Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Orleans LAS 12/31/06 10 Gator USA w/Flag Island Resort & Casino Harris Michigan 1 Slots-A-Fun LAS 12/07/06 10 Mountain Bluebird Las Vegas Nevada 2 Slots-A-Fun LAS 12/07/06 10 Gila Monster MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 4 Slots-A-Fun LAS 12/07/06 10 Burro Mirage Las Vegas Nevada 5 Slots-A-Fun LAS 12/07/06 10 Mustang Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Eskimo Curlew Mr. B’s Casino - Mill City Imlay Nevada 1 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Cui-ui Fish New York New York Las Vegas Nevada 4 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Wandering Skipper Butterfly Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Devils Hole Pupfish Las Vegas Nevada 2 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Bald Eagle Reno Tahoe Airport Reno Nevada 4 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Grizzly Bear Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall Las Vegas Nevada 2 Reno?Tahoe Airport RNO 12/12/06 10 Spring Love Centaury Flowers Sands Regency Reno Nevada 1 Sierra Sid’s Sparks Nevada 2 Upcoming Gaming & Coin Related Shows Silver Legacy Resort Reno Reno Nevada 2 Slots A Fun Las Vegas Nevada 2 4/28/07 Casinorama Arcadia Masonic Hall South Coast Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Jim Munding — [email protected] Arcadia, CA Treasure Island (LV) Las Vegas Nevada 2 Wynn Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada 2 8/10/07 Silver Strikers 8th Anniversary Party!! Location to be an- 7-10pm nounced, but you can bet it will be in Las Vegas! Total Silver Strike Machines 68 8/8/07 - CC>CC Annual Convention Riviera Hotel & Casino 8/11/07 Jim Steffner - [email protected] Las Vegas, NV

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Recent Releases Recent Auction Results By Bill Cohenour

Item Description Final Bid

$7 Sierra 76-Peterbuilt $121 $7 Sierra 76-Freightliner $117 $7 King Eight $113 F $7 Stardust-Slot Machine No Winner $57 $10 Bally's Running 7 over and under Error $407 $10 Silver City-Stagecoach Puffless Pete $151 $10 Stardust-Dusty Draw $123 F $10 Sierra Sids-Flying Eagle 97 $101 $10 Four Queens-S mm non mill Diamonds $99 $10 Gold Ranch-Deer $76 $10 Westward Ho-Jamboree GDC mm $74 $10 Gold Coast-Dice small font $69 F F $10 Silver City-Panner GDC mm $64 $10 Westward Ho-Puttin on the Ritz GDC mm $57 $10 New York-New York, I Love NY S mm $59 $10 Riviers-1995 LaCage $53 $10 Slots-A-Fun/Mustang Red Cap $70 F F $10 Westward Ho-Grubstake Jamboree GDC mm $62 $10 Silver City-Pony Express GDC mm $51 $40 Harrah's-New Orleans 1995 $158 $40 Mandalay Bay-Forty Deuce $82 $40 Mandalay Bay-Concerts on the Beach $79 F $40 Fremont-Casino Open its Door 1956 $55 $40 Las Vegas Club-Strike Machine $131 $40 Harrah's/Las Vegas-Sax Player 1995 $69 $40 Harrah's/Las Vegas-Bourbon Street 1995 $69 $200 Four Queens-Hugo $273 F $200 Mirage-Danny Gans $250 $200 Las Vegas Club-77 Silver Strikers 7th Anniversary $496 $200 Plaza-George Washington Crossing $430 $200 Oshea's-Leprechaun $350 F Token 4th Annual Silver Strikers Tournament Four Queens $149 Special Thanks to William Cohenour for his great scans that make this page possible Tokens Hilton-Spacequest Set $137

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Call for Nominations!! Club Strike Design Contest Finalists By Jo Riefer by Jeff Bitzer, Contest Chairperson

Greetings Everyone, I had a great time at the tournament. Everyone I spoke to was Hi Everybody, having the time of their lives. For those that couldn’t make it this year I urge you to try for next year. The drawing contest is here for all club members to vote on. Please take the time to st nd vote and send your ballet to me. We had three entries that we had to summit to Time for nominations for all our club officers President, 1 Vice President, 2 IGT for trade mark approval and they were turned down. This was an unforeseen Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Membership Officer. Please development and we will be better informed for next years contest. We will give make your nominations below…. special thanks to those involved once the final winner is announced. Thanks again for I would like to nominate ______for the position of ______. all who submitted drawings.

I would like to nominate ______for the position of ______. Vote for your favorite one by circling it and sending the ballot back to Jeff Bitzer.

Signed: ______Date______Print Name ______

It is also time for nominations for the Hall of Fame and the Best Strike of the Year. As Chairperson I have formed a committee of four other people to help with selec- tion of the strikes to present to our club membership: Sue Cohenour, Scott Snider, Jim Turnbow and Bill Mitten If we do not get nominations from the general membership we will select the nomi- nations and present them for voting in the next newsletter. Best Strike of the Year • Must be issued during the year for which it was nominated. • Can be any denomination.

I would like to nominate the following for Best Strike of the Year. Casino and Strike Description: ______

Hall of Fame • Must be issued before the year in which it was nominated. • Can be any denomination. • Has not won before.

I would like to nominate the following for Best Strike of the Year. Hall of Fame : ______All nominations must be received by March 15, 2007 Remember to cut this ballot out and return by March 15, 2007

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Year and Hall of Fame! Fame! of Hall and Year

Striker’s Club Coin Design Contest! Contest! Design Coin Club Striker’s Strikers Club Officers, Best Strike of the the of Strike Best Officers, Club Strikers

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