{ thoughts on a world of chance from David G. Schwartz }

70s slots with music to match

May 18th, 2007 by Dave

The host of this clip, Arthur Thomas, emailed it to me, saying that his grandkids had persuaded him to upload it to YouTube so that he could “be a cool dude.” I think he succeeded:


YouTube - 1978 BEARDEBEAR Music Cool Slot Machines Secret Video

The music starts out very Mitchell-esque, then quiets down a bit. Hard to believe this was almost 20 years ago.

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David G. Schwartz

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He's the Director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV and has a Ph.D. in United States history from UCLA. He's also taught a range of subjects, running the gamut from hospitality security to gambling history to writing creative non-fiction.

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