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Spencer was born on in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, a small town where he lived for only a short time, moving to Boston and then to Toledo, Ohio, at the age of six. At the age of eight, he won a dance contest doing the Charleston that launched his career. As a member of the famed Step Brothers, he danced all over the country and in Europe, where he lived for five years. From the stage, his career took him into movies and television. In Las Vegas, Nevada he played the Sands Hotel with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and the Flamingo Hotel with Pearl Bailey.
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Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami, Florida. He came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974 and went to dealer school on the GI Bill. Howard starting in gaming dealing craps at the Nevada Club and worked at several casinos downtown. Then he became a box and floor man at the Flamingo Hilton. Howard moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino and Hotel until it went bankrupt.
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