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Once again the Vegas Club Silver Strike Slot Tournament was a great success. There were 137 participants who enjoyed one great weekend. Congratulations to all the winners, but I think we were all winners with having such a great time and of course everyone getting the beautiful coin.

Thanks again to Freddie and his crew, each year gets better and better. I would like to thank the Chef for the wonderful buffet that was served on Friday night, it was one of the best buffets I have been to in a long time. Everything was superb and I don't know where he found that cow but that was one big cow and it was delicious.

Thanks also to Gary Heinz, for three years now he has been working hard on this event and from what I hear he already has some new ideas for next year.

Looks like there will be some new strikes appearing in March and April. The Four Queens is coming out with their new $10.00 plus two new chasers in celebration of St. Patty's Day. Shaun was kind enough to share his pictures of these coins for this issue of our newsletter. Bill's at Lake Tahoe is anxiously awaiting their arrival of a new $200. Cindy Wooten, at Bill's has been taking reservations for those who wish to add this coin to their collection. The Palms with their addition of NHRA stock cars and a new $200. Could be this is the first time any strike has featured these cars.

Congratulations to Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California on their new silver strike machines and new strikes. All six machines are three coin $1.00 and they are starting out with six different $40.00 silver tokens with more to follow. Those who have played the machines say they are mixed and so far only five of the six tokens are available at this time.

Time is drawing near for the Convention and the board is

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Silver Strike Machines

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Silver Strike Club Members

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Inside this issue: Club Strike Winner! Whose design won?

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First Timer’s Thoughts 3

Non-Nevada Strikes South Dakota

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Call to Volunteers 5

Goodbye Great Striker 5

Convention Photos 6

Recent Releases 8

Financial Reports 9

Silver Strike Locations

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Releases by Casino

HAPPY STRIKING

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Issue #40 March, 2006

SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER

President’s Remarks by Pam Martin

Club Contact Information

Our membership drive is going well. We have added 57 new members to our Club since our membership drive started. Our goal this year is to sign up 100 new members. We currently have 652 active members in our Club. Participation from all our members is needed to achieve our goal. We have 3 ½ months left in our drive, so let’s all get out there and sign up a bunch of new members and win some prizes! This year we will give out awards to the 3 members that sign up the most new members. See below for the awards. Here are the guidelines for the membership drive:

• Dates for Drive Qualification: August 15, 2005 to June 15, 2006 • For signing up the most new members, the winner will receive a 2004 and a

2005 SS Club Strike

• For signing up the 2nd most new members, the winner will receive a 2005 Palms NCV Strike.

• For signing up the 3rd most new members, the winner will receive a 2005 IGT NCV Strike.

We have inserted a Silver Strikers application in the newsletter for you to pass on to a prospective new member. Make sure to put your name on applications, so we will know you are the sponsor. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

Membership Drive 2005/2006 by Kevin Pyles 1st VP

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Office Name Email

President Pam Martin [email protected]

1st Vice President Kevin Pyles [email protected]

2nd Vice President John F. Miller [email protected]

Treasurer Evelyn Grosklaus [email protected] Secretary Sharon Pamperin [email protected] Newsletter Editor Leta Hansen [email protected] Pub. & Promo Chair Gary Heinz N/A

Grievance Chair Hall of Jo Reifer [email protected] Historian Mary Lou Waterbury [email protected] Webmaster Jim Moser [email protected]

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Barbary Coast 6 - $10 Bellagio 4 - $10 Bill’s 4 - $10 California Hotel 3 - $10 Casablanca Resort 2 - $10 Circus Circus 7 - $10 El Cortez 8 - $10 Ellis Island Casino 4 - $10 Fitzgerald’s Las Vegas 3 - $10 Four Queen’s 8 - $10 Golden Nugget Las Vegas 2 - $10 Hard Rock 4 - $10 Hotel Nevada Ely 1 - $10 Harrah’s Reno 9 - $10 Las Vegas Club 10 - $10 MGM Grand 5 - $10 Mirage 3 - $10 Mr. B’s 2 - $10 New York 4 - $10 New Frontier 2 - $10 Nugget Sparks 6 - $10 Palms 23 - $10 1 - $200 Plaza 14 - $10 Reno Hilton 6 - $10 Reno/Tahoe Airport 5 - $10 Sam’s Town 2 - $10 San Remo 1 - $10 Sands Regency 4 - $10 Sierra Sid’s 5 - $10 Silver Legacy 1 - $10 Silverton 4 - $10 Slots-A-Fun 10 - $10 South Coast 6 - $10 1- $200 Stardust 5 - $10 Treasure Island 1 - $10 Westward Ho 1 - $10

2005 Nevada Casino Issues by Lee Yarbrough

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New Member Member Number Sponsor Jones, Caleb SS-968 Larry H. Jones Ettinger, Len SS-969 Silverstrikers.com Bergman, Janet SS-814-A Robert Crawford McCutcheon, David SS-970 Bill Metten Davis, Kevin SS-971 Richard Anderson Meunier, Norbert SS-972 Jim Turnbow Gold, Rachel SS-973 Robert Martin Kohler, James SS-974 Larry H. Jones Papke, Helen SS-975 William Hawkins Branch, Edward T. SS-976 Petersen, Scott SS-977 Larry H. Jones Rath, Roberta SS-978 David Niver Scheffler, Terrence SS-979 Peter Ryan Snider, Scott SS-980 Robert Martin Klein, Donald SS-981 Silverstrikers.com

Big Welcome to New Members!

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I just returned from my first Silver Strike Tournament and I want to tell you how much I enjoyed it. I have been a member for three years and attended my first convention last July. Sev-eral members told me about the tournament that was scheduled for January and how much fun it always is. When I got home, I began making plans to attend.

Having never attended one, I didn’t know quite what to expect, but it was everything I’d hoped for. I especially enjoyed renewing friendships with those I’d met at last year’s convention and getting acquainted with the rest...a great bunch of people! My wife and I took our grandson Caleb, who is 23 years old and who became a new Silver Strike member shortly before the trip. It was his first trip to Vegas and we will always cherish the special moments and time we spent with him while there. The whole event was just great from the Friday evening meal to the awards presentation Sunday afternoon. I especially enjoyed the trade session on Saturday evening. It was well attended and I got to make several trades. The tournament was lots of fun and it was exciting for me to win fifth place. I am already looking forward to the convention in June and the 2007 tournament. I just want to thank all those who were in charge of planning the event. Fantastic job!

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Club Strike 2006 Winner! This years Silver Strike coin design contest was a huge success. Over forty designs were submitted, which made it extremely difficult to select just one. The team of judges took their time and narrowed the choices down to two finalists. After selecting the winning design, the judges agreed there were many excellent designs and choosing just one was overwhelming. It is with great pleasure and admiration that I formally announce the winning artist is Peter Van der Kar. For those members who don’t know Peter, let me give you a little background. He is a charter member. He was our “First Newsletter Editor” and continues to write articles for the newsletter. Peter has a table at the convention every year were he sells strikes and is always readily available to answer any question a striker may have. Please don’t hesitate to stop by Peter’s table during convention and let him know how much you appreciate the hard work he put in on the really great design for this year’s club strike. Congratulations, to you Peter. The mint is finalizing the details for this year’s coin. Until the artwork is complete, we will keep all of you in suspense. However, you will not be disappointed. Our May newsletter will have the winning design as well as the order form for you to purchase our “Club Strike for 2006.” We have limited the mintage again this year to 400. Help us celebrate our “Seventh Anniversary” and the growth of our club.

A First Timer’s Thoughts, by Larry Jones

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Non-Nevada Strikes, by Christie Gregory

South Dakota Happy March to everyone! Spring is around the corner and the convention will be here before we know it. I hate winter but the annual Silver Striker’s Tournament makes January tolerable. If you weren’t there, you really missed a great time. If you were there, you know what I’m talking about. Enough said! Thanks to everyone who makes this event such a success. South Dakota had a bunch of generic strikes. One casino, Grand River in Mobridge, had a series with their logo. We’ll start with the generic strikes. We have 41 ge-neric Deadwood strikes documented. The series of five Indian Chiefs was the first release. The Wildlife Series was next. This is a set of four. They used the Western Series of five and then moved on to the Lawmen Series of six. All the above strikes have Mt. Rushmore on the face and no mint mark. One lone strike with Historic Deadwood on the face and Days of 76 on the reverse was released somewhere in the mix. It has no mint mark. Another oddball strike with the Mt. Rushmore logo may be an error strike. It has the same Indian Rider that’s on the generic Colorado strike with a CC mint mark. A set of Millennium strikes was released with Poker Alice, Deadwood Dick, Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane on the reverses. They have the G mint mark. This is where they go a little crazy with the motorcycles. The first five were the Sturgis 1997 set. The faces have Mt Rushmore pictured. The set consists of the HD Duo-Glider, HD Sturgis 1980, AJS 1961, Indian Model H and Cleveland 1929. These have no mint mark. Next came the Gypsy Classics 1998 set which depicts a HD Fatboy 1990, Crocker 1938, Indian V-Twin Chief, HD Knucklehead 1936 and HD Sportster 1957. This set has B H Novelty on the rim plus an S mint mark. The last set was a 60th Anniversary with Mt Rushmore on the face. They are a 1997 Sportster, 1912 Silent Gray Fellow, 1926 Peashooter, 1915 J-11 and 1936 Knucklehead. These have Black Hills Novelty and one dollar on the rim with a G mint mark. All of the motor-cycles look like seven dollar strikes and I can’t say for sure if they actually came out of a strike machine. Maybe someone can tell me more about these and I’ll pass the info along in the next article. Grand River Casino had one set of four strikes with the GDC mint mark. These are the Wildlife Series. Next issue will be the state of Wisconsin which has an extensive list with some interesting strikes. Thanks to all who looked me up at the tournament to tell me they enjoyed my arti-cles. I really appreciated it. Until next time…Happy Striking! Christie Gregory

Greetings everyone.

It is time again to select the Hall of Fame and the BEST SILVER STRIKE of 2005. Please note that STRIKE OF THE YEAR is now going to be called BEST SILVER STRIKE OF 2005 to avoid confusion with the CC&GTCC STRIKE OF THE YEAR.

Last year we had a good response but I think we can do better this year. We have formed a committee to select the nominations. If you wish to select a strike for review please make your recommendations to any of the committee members by March 31, 2006.

The ballots for voting will be included in the May Newsletter. You will need to vote by mail.

HALL OF FAME; can be any denomination, but must be issued before 2005. It can be from any Casino. It can not have won before.

AWARD WINNING STRIKE OF 2005; must be issued during 2005. There were 193 put into play during 2005. It can be any denomination and from any Casino.

THE COMMITTEE:

Chairman: Jo Riefer email: [email protected] Norman Chrzanowski email: [email protected]

Pam Corry email: [email protected] Jamie Martin email: [email protected] Larry Jones email: [email protected]

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

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Upcoming Gaming & Coin Related Shows SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the 2006 CC&GTCC Convention. Start making your plans and reservations today. The Silver Strikers Forum, Busi-ness Meeting and Auction will all be on Thursday, June 29, 2006. For addi-tional information on this year’s conference, visit this link…

http://www.ccgtcc.com/convention/2006_convention_info.htm

Best Silver Strike of 2005

4/29/06 Casinorama Masonic Hall, Arcadia, California

4/29/06 Florida Trade Session TGI Fridays, 2501 E. Flower Ave, Tampa, FL

6/28/06 - 7/1/06

CC&GTCC Convention & Silver Striker’s Forum

Riviera Casino, Las Vegas, NV

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The auction will be held Thursday, June 29, 2006. Some great strikes have been submitted over the years and some super prices have been realized. It’s time to get the next Silver Strike Auction together with yet more top material. Send in those consignments as soon as possible so that they can be properly promoted. Cut off is April 14, 2006 to accept lots. Please keep the quality up and put desirable strikes in the auction.

AUCTION 2006-SUBMISSION FORM Silver Striker Club (Please type or print clearly) Name: ________________________________________Silver Striker #______ Address: __________________________________________________________ City: ______________________________________________________________ State: _____________________________________________________________ Telephone: ________________________________________________________ Mail to: Jack Haddock, P.O. Box 7544, Reno, NV 89510 Auction Lots to be enclosed (NO RESERVES-7% Seller’s Fee up to $100 and then only 5% seller fee will be charged) (Only 4 LOTS PER MEMBER UNLESS 30 LOTS NOT FILLED) (Lots must contain no more than 2 strikes with a minimum total value of $50.00) DESCRIPTION: (ONLY NV STRIKES WILL BE IN THIS AUCTION)

OPENING BID IN ( ) 1. ( )________________________________________________________ 2. ( )________________________________________________________ 3. ( )________________________________________________________ 4. ( )________________________________________________________ I agree to abide by the rules of the auction and acknowledge that the Sil-ver Strikers Club will charge a seller’s fee. Payment to consignors will be made by mail within two (2) weeks of the actual auction. Consignor’s Signature:____________________________________________

Auction Lots Wanted!

Good-bye Great Striker by Mary Lou Waterbury

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A Call to Convention Volunteers

We lost one of The Silver Strikers Club biggest boosters on Halloween 2005.

Les Hassel, after suffering several illnesses and complications from diabetes, left us in 2005.

I remember Les being so fired up after learning about the silver strikes. He helped us get many of the holes filled in our collection. After I learned that he had just retired from being a professional photographer, I asked him to be the Club's photog-rapher. He readily agreed and he added that "touch of class" to all the pictures that were taken after he came on board. He took the picture of the first group of offi-cers and then also the second group. We would have had to pay mucho bucks to anyone else to take those pictures, but Les would not let me reimburse him for any of his expenses.

Les, you left us too soon. You will be missed so much, good friend.

We need your help at the 2006 Convention. Convention time is fast approaching. The Silver Strikers Club will have a membership table again this year. We want to promote our Club to all of the Convention attendees. At the table, we will be signing up new members, collecting membership dues, and taking orders for Club Rosters. We will also be there to answer any questions visitors have about the Silver Strikers Club. It’s a good time to start thinking about volunteering. We are asking that Club members volunteer to take a turn manning the membership table for one or two-hour shifts. This will enable us all to assist in promoting the Club, and at the same time, still enjoy the rest of the Convention. The table needs to be staffed from opening to closing, for three days, so we will need all the support we can get. Please try to find a way to fit a one or two-hour shift into your Convention plans. Let me know what days and hours you would be available. It would be a big help to have alternate times, so scheduling can be com-pleted. Please notify me at the following address:

SILVER STRIKERS C/O Kevin Pyles

517 Howard Drive Sierra Vista, AZ 85635-1136

You can also email me at [email protected] or give me a call at (520) 378-3747

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Silver Strikers Tournament 2005

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If you missed this, you also missed... Great food and conversation... Donna counting her winnings...

Trading with Richard Anderson... Carol hitting a Royal Flush... Watching Dan get his token...

Hearing the roar of the crowd... Seeing another Striker get his token... Brian winning third place...

Freddie handing out another token... Evelyn and Sue... Larry on his way to the money...

John, Gary, and Jack... Peter with Christie Gregory... Freddie giving another token...

Locations with Silver Strike Machines SILVER STRIKERS CLUB NEWSLETTER ISSUE #40

Casino City State Qty. Aladdin Resort & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 3 Atlantis Casino Resort Reno Nevada 2 Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Bellagio Las Vegas Nevada 4 Bill's Lake Tahoe Casino Stateline Nevada 2 Buffalo Bills Resort & Casino Primm Nevada 2 Caesars Palace Las Vegas Nevada 2 California Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Casablanca Resort & Casino Mesquite Nevada 1 Casino Morongo Cabazon California 6 Circus Circus Hotel Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Delta Saloon Virginia City Nevada 1 El Cortez Las Vegas Nevada 1 Eldorado Hotel & Casino Reno Nevada 2 Ellis Island Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Fitzgeralds Casino Hotel Reno Reno Nevada 1 Fitzgeralds Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada 1 Flamingo Laughlin Laughlin Nevada 1 Four Queens Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Gold Coast Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Golden Eagle Casino Horton Kansas 1 Golden Nugget Las Vegas Nevada 2 Gold Ranch Verdi Nevada 1 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Harrah's Casino Hotel Reno Reno Nevada 2 Hooter’s Casino Hotel Las Vegas Nevada 1 Hotel Nevada & Gambling Hall Ely Nevada 1 Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 4 Mirage Las Vegas Nevada 5 Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Mr. B’s Casino - Mill City Imlay Nevada 1 New York New York Las Vegas Nevada 4 Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas Nevada 2 Peppermill Hotel Casino Reno Reno Nevada 1 Plaza Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nevada 2 Primm Valley Resort & Casino Primm Nevada 2 Reno Hilton Resort Reno Nevada 3 Reno Tahoe Airport Reno Nevada 3 Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall Las Vegas Nevada 2 Sands Regency Reno Nevada 1 Sierra 76 Auto Truck Plaza Sparks Nevada 2 Silver Legacy Resort Reno Reno Nevada 2 Silverton Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada 1 Slots A Fun Las Vegas Nevada 2 South Coast Las Vegas Nevada 2 Stardust Resort and Casino Las Vegas Nevada 4 Treasure Island (LV) Las Vegas Nevada 2

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Silver Strikers Tournament 2005

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Freddie awarding another token...

James and Pam, Bill and Sue... Gary Heinz and fiends... Freddie calling the round...

Mark winning it all! See you next year!

Sue’s 6 out of 6... Sylvia, Judy, Ralph, Leroy and Abigail..

The suspense and excitement... Mark winning another... Some serious trading...

Bill Jollie winning second place...

Catching up with friends... John and Pete talking to Freddie...

The anticipation...

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working hard on getting everything ready for this year's events. Our trade session on Tuesday night, June 27, Wednesday, June 28 early bird banquet and of course Thursday, June 29 our big day with the forum, club meeting and auction.

Be sure to keep Friday night June 30 open for a small get together to celebrate our 7th Anniversary. Details for all events will be in our next newsletter which will be released in May. Time is right to start making those reservations for the June 27th trade session and June 28th-July1st convention.

Hope to see you there.

Pam

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Silver Strikers Club Financial Report by Evelyn Grosklaus, Treasurer

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me Evelyn Grosklaus, Treasurer @ [email protected] or call me at (407) 438-8342.