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Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel (Tijuana, Mexico) Boxers / Fight Promoters: Jack Johnson Casino: Corporations: Mexican Development Co. Charles Carrollo Club Fortune (Kansas City, MO) Club Fortune (Reno, NV) Frank Carrollo Gambler (Operators/Players) Gambling History Gaming History Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Internal Revenue Service It Really Happened John Lazia Joseph Zemansky Kansas City Combine Kansas City--Missouri Mexico Nevada Reno--Nevada Tijuana, Mexico United States

10 Intriguing Facts About Gambler-Businessman Joseph Zemansky

The colorful career of San Francisco-born Joseph Zemansky (1877-1953) spanned three industries and two countries. After childhood in Sacramento, he spent several decades in California before settling in Nevada. Here are 10 highlights of Zemansky’s…

Belle Livingstone Casino History Gambler (Operators/Players) Gambler (Operators/Players): Memoirs Gambling Gambling: Mobster Control Of Gaming History Harold S. Smith, Sr. Harolds Club (Reno, NV) It Really Happened James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay Mobsters / Gangsters / Syndicate Members (Alleged) / Organizations Nevada Reno--Nevada United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham

Reno Gambling Club Owners Describe Industry’s Ruling Mobsters

1920s-1930s It’s undisputed that Mobsters ruled early gambling in Reno, Nevada’s 1920s and 1930s. Two club owners who offered games of chance in the city courageously wrote, in their memoirs roughly two decades later, about…

California Casino History Did You Know? Gambler (Operators/Players): Donation Gambling History Gaming History Los Angeles-California Quick Facts Rex (offshore, Southern CA) Tony Cornero / Antonio Cornero Stralla United States

Quick Fact – Tainted v. Pure Money

1938 Gambler Tony Cornero Stralla offered to donate a day’s worth of revenue from his Southern California casino boat, the Rex, to Zoo Park at 3800 Mission Road in Los Angeles. The attraction, then owned/operated…

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Gambler (Operators/Players): Estate Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett Nevada United States Willows (Reno, NV)

An Inside Look at Late Gambler’s Estate

1951 Canada-born Jack Sullivan, né John D. Scarlett, had co-owned and run the Bank Club for two decades and prior to that, the Willows (it burned down in 1932) — both Reno, Nevada casino hotspots.…

Gambler (Operators/Players): Minors Gambling It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Sixty-Six (Rhyolite, NV)

The Right to Life, Liberty … and Recovery of Gambling Losses?

1906-1909 An underage young man, Master Wadell, gambled at various games from poker to faro and lost big over the winter of 1906-1907. His preferred playhouse was the Sixty-Six casino in the mining town of…

Did You Know? Gambler (Operators/Players): Minors Gambling Nevada Quick Facts

Quick Fact – Gambling Minors

1888 When select games of chance were legal in Nevada, so many youths under age 21 regularly were frequenting the gambling clubs (which was illegal) that the police threatened to make an example of some…

Bal Tabarin (Crystal Bay, NV) Bay Meadows Racetrack (San Mateo, CA) Bernard "Mooney" Einstoss California Casino History Defense Attorneys: Paul McCormick Del Mar Racetrack (Del Mar, CA) Gambler (Operators/Players): Minors Gambling Gambling History Gambling: Bookmaking Gambling: Parimutuel Games / Races: Horse Racing Gaming History Hollywood Park Racetrack (Inglewood, CA) Incline Village--Nevada It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Nevada Nevada Club (Reno, NV) Tanforan Racetrack (San Bruno, CA) United States

Nevada Casino Owner Fixes California Horse Races

1939-1941 Bernard “Bernie” Einstoss was a well-known gambler in Northern Nevada for nearly two decades, between 1947 and 1965.* Prior to that, he masterminded and executed a scheme to fix horse races** in California by…

California Casino History Charles "Chuck" J. Delmonico / Charles Tourine, Jr. Crimes / Violence / Punishments Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Card Spying Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Extortion Flamingo (Las Vegas, NV) Gambler (Operators/Players): High Rollers: Nicholas "Nick the Greek" A. Dandolos Gambler (Operators/Players): High Rollers: Raymond "Ray" J. Ryan Gambling Gambling History Gambling: Debt Games / Races: Poker Gaming History It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Marshall Caifano / Johnny Marshall Nevada Palm Springs--California Thunderbird (Las Vegas, NV) United States

A Rare Case: High Roller Defies, Tattles on Mobsters

1963-1964 Mobsters Marshall Caifano (aka Johnny Marshall) and Charles Delmonico were arrested in Las Vegas on a federal warrant in July 1963 for conspiracy to commit extortion and engaging in interstate transportation in the aid…

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