El Rey Club (Searchlight, NV) – Gambling-History.com https://gambling-history.com History of Gambling in the U.S. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:18:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gambling-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-Kings-Castle-Chip-32x32.png El Rey Club (Searchlight, NV) – Gambling-History.com https://gambling-history.com 32 32 Quick Fact – The Customer is an Ass https://gambling-history.com/quick-fact-the-customer-is-an-ass/ https://gambling-history.com/quick-fact-the-customer-is-an-ass/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:58:54 +0000 https://gambling-history.com/?p=1881 1947-1962

A wild burro sauntered into the popular gambling spot, the El Rey Club in Searchlight, Nevada at about 11 o’clock every morning. It approached the proprietor, Willie Martello, who always fed it something he had in his pocket. Then the donkey retreated back into the desert.

Photo from freeimages.com: “The key is the donkey,” by dimitri_c

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