Dan Lazzaro sported a big smile on a recent Saturday after winning $156 on a Primm Valley Resort slot machine. The resident of Buellton, California, said he prefers the older, spinning reel games such as the “Wild Cherry” machine that paid off on his wager.
Just inside the entrance to Primm’s outlet mall, which is attached to the casino, a family cheered loudly in Spanish in support of a group member trying to win a stuffed animal in a claw machine. She was unsuccessful, but their laughter permeated the property.
That was the extent of the activity on a mid-December afternoon inside Primm Valley, one of three resorts in the tiny gaming community and rest stop at the Nevada-California state line.
