slyther
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April 8th, 2013 at 10:07:25 AM permalink
Thought you might find this interesting. I just got back from a trip to Phoenix. While there we went to a place called "Rawhide Western Town", which is a place set up like the old west, complete with saloon/steakhouse, burro and stagecoach rides, petting zoo, and cowboy stunt shows. It's a neat little place and the steaks at the saloon were excellent.

Anyway, in the saloon they had some old west machines, including a coin-op Big 6 game (it was not functional) and a Faro display. Here's the pictures (that's Slyther Jr mugging in front of the Big6 machine):


AZDuffman
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April 8th, 2013 at 10:45:42 AM permalink
Big Six was really coin-op? Any idea when it was made?
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slyther
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April 8th, 2013 at 11:01:56 AM permalink
They didn't have any signage around the machine so I don't know but it sure looked old!
Zcore13
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April 8th, 2013 at 12:35:14 PM permalink
That is a "Watling Big Six" machine. It was a nickel stand up machine (5 1/2 feet tall). You put a nickel in the slot that corresponds to the number you think will come up. The choices are 1 - 5 and a star. . So it pays 5 for 1, but there is a 1 in 6 chance to win.

It's worth about $15,000 - $20,000 if it was working.

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