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Danny Ocean Getting Ready To Rob A Casino Full Of Jennings Sun Chief Machines!

New to the forum. Just got a Magic Pulsar Slot Machine and it has an issue where the reels wont stop spinning after you put the coins in and pull the lever. The 3 buttons on the front of the machine do not light up, but if you press them the red indicators on the board inside the machine light up so it looks like it's sending the signal. Gameroom Show sells pre-1940s vintage slot machines in excellent, working condition. These rare antique slot machines are also known as “one-armed bandits” because they were originally operated by one lever on the side of the machine as opposed to a button on the front panel, and because of their ability to leave the gamer impoverished. Gameroom Show sells multi-slot machines, Watling. Jennings of Chicago, IL started making slot machines in the 1910's. Nation's Attic specializes in factory correct restoration of these all mechanical slot machines made into the 1950's. If you have Jennings slot machine you are considering having a full restoration on, please contact us today. Call or Text 316-371-1828.

Recently we ran across a great vintage CBS Television pressrelease photo for the original Ocean’s 11 movie with Frank Sinatra. What makesthis photo so cool is that he is standing in front of what appears to be theFlamingo casino with a whole slew of Jennings Sun Chief light-up slot machines!

The original Ocean’s 11 movie has some great scenes of thecasino’s and their interiors. It’s actually fairly hard to find vintage interiorphotographs of Las Vegas casinos. The reason being is the same as it is today,the casinos don’t want people taking photographs inside the casino floor forsecurity reasons.

During the 1950’s and early 1960’s the Jennings Sun Chiefwas the primary type of machine used in the casinos. Jennings made a number ofsub-models of the Sun Chief and would install different color light panels onthe lower front as well. These panels would come in red, green, orange, clearand even blue.

The top sign was also customized by the casino’s to give themachines a more unique appearance to that specific location. While not common,these original casino’s Jennings Sun Chief signs can still be found on occasionfrom places like the Flamingo, The Sands, Desert Inn, Riviera, Sahara and Hacienda.

A super rare example is the double Jennings slot machinesitting to the left of Frank. These machines were used on the end caps of abank of machines. Also rarely found today is the extra top sign mounted to someJennings machines. These signs would simply add a little more pizazz and weresometimes lighted. If you find a Sun Chief with holes plugged up at the verytop, there is a good chance a sign like the one just behind Frank’s left shoulderwas mounted to it.

As a full time antique slot machine dealer it’s sometimeseasy to forget that these machines originally operated in some fantasticlocations around the world. In most cases the history of the machine is lost,but on occasion a machine will turn up with just enough clues to let us knowwhere it came from and possibly who could have played it – like Danny Oceanhimself!

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Casino Restorations is a spinoff of a coin operated distributor in St. Paul, MN from the 1930’s until 1960. The doors were closed due to the death of the owner. Parts, tooling and a few machines were moved to new locations and operated from those locations until 1979 when my cherished friend and mentor passed away at the young age of 72.

Everything we had was consolidated to one location where we still operate in St. Paul, MN.

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Our goals have always been to do museum quality Antique Slot Machine Repair and Restoration from the late 1800’s into the 1940’s and Penny Arcade Machines and related items from the late 1800’s to 1930’s.

If you have a Machine but have no interest in repair or restoration of it, we would be interested in purchasing it from you.

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There are very few people in the United States remaining that have the knowledge and skill to properly work on vintage slot machines. There are even fewer companies that do it professionally on a daily basis. Out of those tiny handful of companies, none are corporations that fully insure your machine while in their shop and in transit, handle daily the national transport of antique slot machines or have a full time staff working ONLY ON ANTIQUE SLOT MACHINES; except for Casino Restorations.

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With the ever increasing value of antique penny arcade machines, having them worked on by a company with trained staff that have years of experience and will stand behind their work is very important. Also, having a company that knows how to properly restore vintage slots in a factory original way is vital to preserving not only the integrity of the machine, but it’s current and future value.

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