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2. Owner: Mandalay Resort Group

3. Address: 2880 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

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3b. Additional Site Details: Slots a' Fun is located on the south side of the Circus Circus parking lot, but it is a it's on residence now. The small building stretches west with the mouth of the building being an open mouth facing the east. The external signage is located on the elongated north face of the building, and the gaping east entrance. The north side is comprised of gold painted, crafted raceways with various text signage. The entrance is adorned with various internally lit cabinets as well as a marquee adorned pediment, located within the front face of the entrances overhang. The entrance is considerably small, sandwiched between flamboyant properties such as the Westward Ho and the Circus Circus.

4. Condition: Structure 4 Surface 4 Lighting 4

Notes: The structural integrity is good as well the lighting. The surface is starting to show some signs of wear, but not very much at all.

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5. Form: fasica

6. Specfic Description: The main entrance faces east and contains an interesting array of signage. The front is highlighted by two giant pillars. The are uniquely designed as inverted, tapered cones supporting the barrel vaulted cantilevered overhang. Near the top portion of the column a backlit message box cuts through the pole dividing it into two apparent sections. Bordered on all edges with gold polished raceways with incandescent bulbs, the box is animated in a chasing pattern. A top the poles on the north and south sides a polished aluminum, circular cabinet, has red, backlit plastic containing the words 'Slots A' Fun' in white text. These cabinets are outlined in red neon. The edges of the apparent recess are lined with incandescent bulbs
Each vault contains a long bank of large incandescent sphere's, arranged in single file.
Along the front of the cantilevered overhang we have an entablature running the length of building. Gold raceways run horizontally along the top and the bottom with rows of triple incandescent bulbs. In the center of the pediment, white channel letters painted red on the inside, with incandescent bulbs filling the interior space of all of the characters. Each letter is also outlined in neon. The rest of the interior space of the facade is sculpted raised circular pattern with incandescent bulbs placed in the centers where the repeated panels connect. Under that, a polished gold aluminum banner with various assorted neon letters and advertisements is displayed. Since the 'Slots A' Fun' used to be part of the Circus Circus it is closely integrated into the environment and even with the signage. Upon the northeast corner of the building a sign for the Circus Circus is perched on the top of the roofline facing north/south. Facade is sculpted raised circular pattern with incandescent bulbs placed in the centers where the repeated panels connect. Moving around to the north face of the building, an array of signage is present headed west along the wall. Along the stucco facade we have overhangs of different dimensions.
On these three overhangs we have gold channels in the shape of a continuous curly cue or rope shape. These raceway channels are lined on the inside with incandescent bulbs.
The first one, furthest east, is a good length, and smaller in height than the others. The pattern loops eight times along the front. One single loop of the rope shape is located on the return width of the overhang as well. No text is incorporated with this overhang.
The second curling raceway is over a wider, shallower depth. The overhang, is much larger in size and supports cursive pan channel letters painted red and outlined with red neon. The letters spell 'Casino' in a continuous script text. The third overhang is the largest of the trio, and serves as the main entrance for this face of the building. It is in direct proximity to the actual Circus Circus building and the blazing signage, and porte cochere. This overhang is lower to the ground than the other two but projects further out. Channel letters spell 'Slots A' Fun' in the front face of the overhang located in the center. The channel letters are painted red and lined on the interiors with red neon as well. This text is block instead of script. Flanking either side of the text there is the curling channels. The face of the building rises upward from the ground and meets the bottom edge of the overhang, with a continuous radius vault. The surface of the wall is surfaced with a gold reflective material. Just below the text of the overhang is a red steel cabinet, that is internally lit. The red painted steel box has a red plastic with a red plastic face with white lettering. The block text reads 'Entrance.' The sides are sculpted with a radius space reduced out of the sides of the cabinet. The edges of the face are lined with incandescent bulbs. Below the cabinet a red, vinyl, awning extends out over the doors, and a pedestrian path. A small portion of the main structure still extends west with one more loop on the face of the building.

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7. Type of Display: neon, incandescent, backlit

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2. Slots-A-Fun Casino is a casino on the Las Vegas Strip.It is owned and operated by Phil Ruffin.It is adjacent to Circus Circus Las Vegas. Slots-A-Fun is one of the smallest casinos operating on the Strip, and once offered some of the lowest table-game betting minimums on the famed street.

8. Media: steel, masonry

9. Non-neon treatments: graphics, paint

10. Animation: chasing,oscillating

Notes: All of the raceways chase each other. This includes all of the different aspects which are lined with incandescent bulbs.

11. Environment: The Slots A Fun has the unique position of being in between the Westward Ho and the Circus Circus. It was at one time part of the Circus Circus, so it essentially blends in with its environment. The south side of the building literally resides touching the Wetsward Ho.

Slots-A-Fun Casino is a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned and operated by Phil Ruffin. It is adjacent to Circus Circus Las Vegas.

Slots-A-Fun is one of the smallest casinos operating on the Strip, and once offered some of the lowest table-game betting minimums on the famed street. As of 2008, players could wager as little as $2 at craps and $1 at blackjack. The craps table was directly located at the main open-air entrance and, of all gaming tables in Las Vegas, was the gaming table that located closest to the traffic of the Strip.

The casino no longer hosts live table games. As of 2011, the only games were slots and electronic table games. There is a bar, a Subway restaurant, a gift shop, a mini-bowling alley, and an area with bar games, such as pool and shuffleboard.

History[edit]

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Slots-A-Fun was opened in August 1971 by Jay Sarno, owner of the Circus Circus.^[1][2]

In 1974, management of the casino was assumed by Ross W. Miller, a former Circus Circus executive (and father of eventual Nevada governor Bob Miller).^[3][4][5] Miller was reported to be leasing the premises from the Teamsters Union,^[3] which had provided some of the financing to develop Circus Circus.^[6] The move came at about the same time that Sarno, having been implicated in a bribery scandal, handed operations of Circus Circus over to Bill Bennett and Bill Pennington.^[6]

In 1975, gaming executive Carl Thomas bought into the casino as an equal partner with Miller, who died later that year.^[4][5][7] In 1979, however, Thomas was exposed as being involved in casino skimming operations on behalf of the Kansas City mob. Two FBI informants claimed that the mob owned a secret interest in Slots-A-Fun through Allen Dorfman, though that claim was never substantiated.^[8] Thomas's gaming licenses were revoked, and he was forced to sell his casino interests.^[9] Miller's estate and Thomas sold Slots-A-Fun to Bennett and Pennington's company, Circus Circus Hotels, Inc. (later known as Circus Circus Enterprises and then Mandalay Resort Group).^[10][11][12]

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For many early years Slots-A-Fun was famous for giving out free bags of fresh-popped popcorn for early morning gamblers but these promotions have been discontinued.

Merger with Circus Circus[edit]

A blog reported that on July 1, 2009, Slots-A-Fun would begin the re-branding process in order to be incorporated into Circus Circus Las Vegas.^[13]

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References[edit]

1. ^'Safeway, slots a fun gain nods'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 6, 1971. p. 2.
2. ^'Free ride (photo caption)'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 20, 1971. p. 40. Little Torillo is the passenger aboard Tanya, the elephant, during grand opening festivities of Slots A Fun adjoining Circus Circus.
3. ^ ^ab'Gaming, bar licenses approved'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. June 29, 1974. p. 9. Ross W. Miller was approved to operate 150 slot machines and ten table games at the Slots-A-Fun Casino at 2880 Las Vegas Blvd. South by the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Commission Friday. Miller said he was leasing the premises from the Teamsters Union, which owns the property and building, and he had no connection with any operations of the nearby Circus Circus Hotel and Casino.
4. ^ ^ab'Funeral services slated for veteran hotel executive'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. May 27, 1975. p. 19. Miller relinquished the post in 1968 and bought into the Circus Circus Hotel later the same year. After leaving the Circus Circus executive post in 1971, Miller became the principal owner of the Slots-a-Fun Casino on the Strip.
5. ^ ^ab'Black Book members dies as truck flips'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. November 6, 1993. p. 1B-2B. [Carl Thomas] became a pit boss at the Riviera in 1961 and got to know Riviera owner Ross Miller, the father of Gov. Bob Miller... Later Ross Miller and Thomas were equal partners in Slots A Fun casino.
6. ^ ^abDavid G. Schwartz (October 15, 2018). 'The clown that saved Las Vegas hits a major milestone'. Forbes. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
7. ^'Chicago gaming firm probed'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 13, 1975. p. 7. In other action the board recommended for approval the following non-restricted licenses:... Ross W. Miller for 47.5 percent and Carl W. Thomas for 47.5 percent and William Barry for 5 percent in Slots-A-Fun in Las Vegas.
8. ^George Lardner Jr. (October 12, 1982). 'FBI tapes crux of bribery case against Teamsters president'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
9. ^'Carl Thomas fined $50,000'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 24, 1979. p. 3A.
10. ^'Circus Circus given permission to buy Slots-A-Fun'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 19, 1979. p. 8A.
11. ^Hubble Smith; Rod Smith (June 6, 2004). 'Tale of two companies'. Las Vegas Review-Journal – via NewsBank.
12. ^'Licensing bid rejected'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. November 17, 1978. p. 5A. Meanwhile, the commission approved these items on its administrative agenda:... A corporate name change for Circo Resorts Inc., operator of Circus Circus, to Circus Circus Hotels Inc.
13. ^http://plusminuses.blogspot.com/2009/07/slots-fun-casino.html^{[unreliable source?]}

External links[edit]

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