I’m also not a gambler but I remember how cool that old time slot machine was. For instance, if I ever decided to buy a pinball machine I’d want one from the 60’s or 70’s before they got too glitzy. I like technology but I’m not a tech junkie by any means and I also like a lot of “old school” stuff like antiques, cars, etc. He looked at me, handed the rolls to my grandmother and quietly told her that anyone under 21 really wasn’t supposed to be in there.

Surprise, surprise, I hit the jackpot! Jackpots were paid out as two rolls of 50 nickels each so a casino employee came over when the lights and sound went off. I saw a nickel slot machine and just had to stick a coin in. Almost all of the casinos were open at the front so I wandered into one with my grandparents. Of course we stopped in Las Vegas and walked the Strip just to see what there was to see.

I remember when I was a 17-year-old, recent high school graduate, and was traveling with my grandparents from California back to their home in Michigan.

Mini toy slot machine