Bank Club (Reno, NV)
Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Disseminating Horse Racing Info
Gambling
Gambling History
Gambling: Illegal
Gaming History
It Really Happened
Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett
Nevada
Raymond J. Poncia
United States
Washoe Publishing Co. (Wire Service)
Western News Co. (Wire Service)
Reno Mobsters’ Bank Club Breaks Gambling Law
1940-1941 In a series of raids in December 1940, Washoe County deputy sheriffs confiscated gambling-related paraphernalia from three Reno, Nevada locations: 1) Bank Club casino 2) Washoe Publishing Company (WPC) (room 311 in the Lyons Building)…
