I picked up this singleton today. Don't usually buy a single die but this was too interesting to pass up. Was there ever a Horse Shu Club in Elko or did the Horse Shu Club in Jackpot just use the Elko name in the early days before the town of Jackpot came into existence? This is a small 1/2" die - they must have had one of those small craps table like the one I saw in the Bird House a few years back.
I see on Mark's ashtray site on the HorseShu page that Jackpot was called "Elko County Unincorporated Town #1" in 1956. Perhaps that is why the die says Elko.
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