Quick Fact – Lingerie Caper
1966 A 34-year-old 21 dealer at a Crystal Bay Club Casino at Lake Tahoe slipped $100 worth of gambling chips into her bra each day for a week before getting caught. Once busted, she accepted…
Casino History
Did You Know?
Gambling Currency: Chips
Gambling Currency: Counterfeit
Gambling History
Quick Facts
United States
Quick Fact – Bogus Chips in Nevada
1947 John Clark Bosworth, of Reno, 47, was sentenced to 10 days in the local jail for playing with fake $25 chips in a Las Vegas casino. What do you think? Was this a light…
Casino History
Did You Know?
Gambling Currency: Chips
Gambling History
Games / Races: Poker
Gaming History
Quick Facts
Ships: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
United States
Quick Fact – Hit Them in the Pocketbook
1913 During an era of reform in the United States, the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. tried to discourage gambling by raising the freight rate on poker chips transported from New York to the West Coast by…
Quick Fact – Chip Deposit
1948 A guest of the Flamingo hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada accidentally took home a $5 ($50 today) gambling chip then deposited it into the Bank of Arizona. The bank mailed to the Flamingo the…