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I did a search, found this wasn't on it. For you flag happy Yelpers, this IS a very unique business I'd say. It does take your money, there are experiences to be had here and it's one of the few living legends on the strip! For a McGM property, that's saying something.
I don't usually get link happy, but this is a unique situation. I can go over this game's history for days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Derby
http://sigmaderbyfan.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45373341755
Okay all me, now.
I believe this game should be cherished like the old mechanical slots that still use coinage off the strip. I understand from a maintenance point of view it may be a time consuming mechanical "no more stock parts" burden. But since this is the last machine in what's technically the incorporated Winchester part of Clark county, it's worth it.
Sorry, I have no idea where to continue, I never got star struck when doing a yelp review before. I have some of my favorite gambling memories from these machines. See, Sigma Derby is like a mechanical craps table. You can and are encouraged to YELL max Tourette's at the game and no one will hassle you. In fact, they want to join in.
You pick your quinella based on the winning odds the machine generates. It's a small thrill just to get in on a race that provides 200:1 odds, the max the machine will pay out. BUT, winning and betting more than one quarter on it is a great thrill for something so seemingly simple. HAND PAY is the goal when you play slots or video poker. We were talking about words that sound dirty but aren't with a wise man, who is actually called Lucky (yes a Vegas local), and we always laughed whenever someone says "Hand Pay" reacting like Beavis and Butthead.
There was a time when the largest casino chain on the strip was Circus Circus Enterprises and these machines were in just about every casino on Las Vegas Blvd. Most of them were located by their sportsbook. And it wasn't just this machine, some of the casinos had THEMED environments to match their casino. Remember when casinos were built with individual personalities defined by their very "can't be changed by new management" structures?
Luxor had camels that raced around the pyramids. Excalibur, had knights in costumed horses race around castles. Every time I came down that escalator, I still expected Derby to be sitting right where I remember it. I swore there was a casino that had dogs go around the track, but I can't even remember which. Anyone? Not that it mattered in game play, but each racing animal had their own color, too. One night I went drinking with the guys and the rest of the night we called each other the color of our horse that got us our big win. Reservoir Derby night.
The sounds are addictive: when the race begins, the horses gallop around the track and people start eventually giving in and drumming their hands to the gallup with the race. I did. And these machines right down to this last one DO get the cocktailers attention as people are locked to the table for hours. When we make a big win, we often made a fucking production of funneling our ear with our hand like Hulk Hogan and cash out even if we weren't leaving. The point was to be a jag off and rub it in everyone else's ear (and everyone did take it in fun as they did it on their next win) all those coins plunking in the hopper in front of you. It's the kind of game where you go around and say goodbye to everyone individually when you have to go. Thanks for the good time, my family is whining something about me eating today.
I always hoped these machines would thrive. You could NEVER turn this into a video version. In Fact, Hoyle Casino for your home computer has a quasi bastard nephew cousin version it. Not the same at all. Sigma Derby is one of the last bastions of vintage Vegas still operating while the casino around it continues to refurbish itself.
If Sahara had a derby machine and they auctioned it off for their closing, I would have done some pretty humiliating and rash things to get the money to take to auction.
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