Sawdust Corner Saloon (Virginia City, NV) – Gambling-History.com https://gambling-history.com History of Gambling in the U.S. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:36:19 +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 Sawdust Corner Saloon (Virginia City, NV) – Gambling-History.com https://gambling-history.com 32 32 Quick Fact – Big Numbers https://gambling-history.com/quick-fact-big-numbers/ https://gambling-history.com/quick-fact-big-numbers/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:54:33 +0000 https://gambling-history.com/?p=1427 Mid-1870s

Virginia City, Nevada, at the peak of the mining boom when the population was about 18,000, boasted one gambling house for every 150 people. That’s 120 of these places, primarily saloons!

Some of the more famous ones were the Delta, Gentry and Crittenden, Sazarac and Sawdust Corner. 

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