These excerpts will be posted to Chequers also.

The following are excerpts from Gene Trimble’s column to be published in the November edition of Gaming Times, pertaining to research on The Sal Sagev Hotel and soon to be listed as a Hotel/Casino. Actual "DATED PROOF" does exist today, proving there was gambling at the SS. The owner of said proof was kind enough to share it with chippers everywhere.

You can read her amazing story and see pictures of the Albert Pick roulette wheel in Gaming Times Magazine.
Call 702-876-6020 or email gamingtimes.com for your copy of the November issue.

I have done a little research on two previous unknown or at least un-attributed chips. "I believe the chips are from the casinos named in this article". Can I be 100% sure? That is a big qualified, "YES!" I have weighed the stories and evaluated the people that told the stories. I firmly believe, that they believe, what they are saying. I am not going to name the 20 or so old timers involved in the search. Most of them have nothing to gain. The owner of the 2nd chip to be mentioned does not care if he sells them or not. The owner of the 1st chips mentioned ( The SS ) say’s "they are not for sale". They have been kind enough to share their memories and knowledge with me. I see no reason to subject them, to what could become, overbearing and repetitive questioning. I found them with little effort and of course anyone else could. The day is fast approaching when there will not be any old timers to give us this information.

Before the Gaming Control Commission came into being, if you wanted a gambling license in Clark County, Nevada, Glen Jones was the man to see. He was the sheriff and Chairman of the Clark County Commission of Liquor and Gaming Board. Glen’s way of issuing license’s was a little different than today.

The Sal Sagev hotel was opened in 1906 by Abe Miller. I am not sure when the name was changed to SS. I was told it opened as Hotel Nevada.
Abe Miller did run a casino at the Sal Sagev, in two different decades. Roulette, and BJ in one and Poker in another. He used an Albert Pick roulette wheel.

I have been told Albert Pick of Chicago, stopped making roulette wheels about 1950. I did not have time to confirm this.

I had a good feeling from day one of this search and could not wait to find the next old timer on the path to the Albert Pick. I knew it existed the 1st time it was mentioned to me.

I regret that space keeps me from relaying all the stories I heard while researching the SS. Thank you to all of the old timers, that took the time to share the past with me.

Thank you Ma’am, for being so nice and sharing with us. The Sal Sagev chips can now take their place in the Gaming Table, where they belong.

· Authors note:
. The SS chips and Albert Pick wheel, future fate will be revealed.
· I wonder how many of us, would bother to keep, what this lady kept, for over 42 years. I personally throw it away every day every day of my life.