Hi! Any Silver Strikers here??

[dailun]

Hi, my name is Mike. My handle is DaiLun. I was invited to this board by Sassycat, whom I had the extreme pleasure to meet this past weekend at Harrahs Tahoe.

My main game is slots, with a specialty in Silver Strikes.

Silver Strikes are the $10 tokens that are distributed in special IGT Double Diamond machines. The machines are .25 Double Diamond and you must play maximum bet to be eligible for Silver Strikes

Nearly all casinos had them prior to 2009, but in 2009, IGT decided to end support and told the casinos to "buy 'em or turn 'em in when the lease is up".

Most casinos turned them in, but a few remain. There is a Silver Striker Club at www.silverstrikers.com .

The 6 casinos in Nevada and 1 in Colorado (Johnny Nolon's) The casinos in Las Vegas that still have them are:

Four Queens (8 machines)
El Cortez (1 machine)
Mirage (2 machines)
Venetian (1 machine)
Palazzo (1 machine)
Sam's Town (1 machine)

The Four Queens is the unofficial HQ of the Silver Strikers club

Originally, the center of a Silver Strike was between .5 and .6 ozt (troy oz.) of .999 fine silver. In 2009, when silver prices started to climb clad strikes were introduced. They look the same as the original silver strikes, except the centers are silver plated brass.

Prior to 2009, you could exchange 20 $10 strikes for a $200 strike which was 1 lb. (12 ozt.) of .999 silver. In 2009, the casinos that kept the strike machines changed over to $300 strikes (trade for 30 clad) that were only 6 ozt. of silver.

The Four Queens issues new $300 strikes 4 times a year (limited to 148 available to the public), and those are 4 times a year that I am definitely in Las Vegas. They issue them in January, St. Patrick's Day, June, and Halloween.

There are also "special" strikes issued and put into the machines at that time.

For more information, check out the webpage www.silverstrikers.com or feel free to ask me.

OK, back to me. I live In San Jose, CA. I am a CET 7* member whose home casino in LV is Caesars Palace, but locally I frequent Harrahs/Harvey's Lake Tahoe and Harrahs Reno.

I am Asian-American, divorced and my 89 year old father and 14 year old son live with me, so my time for gambling is very limited. My trips are frequent and short. I look forward to participation on this board.

[CPT]

Welcome to the forum! I remember playing Silver Strike at Four Queens and didn't realize their was a big follow, pretty cool!

[michelelovesvegas]

Welcome, sounds very interesting! Being my go to casino is GN in LV, I will def. go next door to 4 Queens to check it out!

[treyster]

Good info. I have one of the silver ones from years ago. I don't play them much anymore since the clad ones came out.

Welcome aboard to the forum.

[charlie50]

Hi Dailun Well come to the forum . Havent played any of the games you mentioned . hope to hear more from you .

[Penguin]

Welcome to the best forum on the web!!!

[TwoArmedBandito]

Welcome to the little forum that could. I won a coin long ago and gave it to my mom. Don't know what she did with it.

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[ChellesBelles]

Glad to have you with us! Not familiar with the game you mentioned, but I do love Downtown! Looking forward to your posts.

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[Marilyn]

Welcome. I've been to Four Queens and it seems like those slots are always busy.

[Nhcris]

I've seen you around on VMB for awhile, and I am very happy that Sassy told you about us. It's great to get to know you and hopefully you will enjoy it here as much as we do!

Thanks so much for sharing the info on Silver Strike. I knew it had a following, but I didn't really understand the extent of it. I'll be paying more attention next time I am at 4 Queens, and will give it a go if the timing is right.

Hope to run into you in Vegas one of these days!