Hi Dennis,

I got my Isleta Casino strike on 3/12/2001 and it has 2001 on it so it is not the one you are inquiring about. I collect strikes from all known locations in the world and would have went after that location as soon as they came out and I believe I would have gotten the first pattern that went into play. I may be wrong and missed the first ones out but that was usually not the case. It has been twenty years since they came out and my memory is not what it used to be. I checked the archived SS new letters and found no information on the Isleta Casino strikes. I may have missed it. In September 2000 Jack Haddock made a list of other states and countries with strikes and he did not include New Mexico on the list. So I would think that the strikes machines went into play after that. With that said I don't remember seeing any without 2001. I would still have to assume the Isleta Casino information on the SS site is correct. A lot of research went into the SS books of that time that the site was patterned after.

Just my two cents. Don