Listen to this Gambling History blog post here
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
1972
The brothel Ash Meadows Sky Ranch, in Lathrop Wells (today Amargosa Valley) in Nye County, accessible via an airstrip, was denied a gambling license by Nevada gaming regulators to operate four slot machines on the premises.
The reason? Gambling in brothels was “unsuitable.”
Map from the U.S. Geological Survey