by JHSS-1944 » Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:31 pm
I believe most were were destroyed that day in the up rising. the fancy hotels & casinos were a fast target, specially since they weren't Cuban owned.
Mr. Meyer Lansky lost all his personal ill gotten gains in his hotel / casino down there. it was his own $$$ , not the N.Y. Mob's money. everything in place , tons of nice Jennings machines, ect. & it never opened yet. I think there were 2 other big casinos already there, totally trashed. images of what was left on the internet (if you can find them).
after he died , Everyone was waiting for his family to pop up with nice cars, boats , houses , ect. = nope. had none of the $$$ left.
down there , re purposing items for every day use was key to life , so no doubt a few parts & pieces exist turned into something one could use.
I already heard of people going down there long ago ,looking for these slot machines to bring back to America. no such thing.
jeff H.