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Nevada Casino Patrons From California Meet Horrendous Fate

Accidents: Plane Crashes Casino History El Capitan Club (Hawthorne, NV) Gambling History Gambling: Junkets Gaming History Hawthorne--Nevada It Really Happened Nevada United States

Nevada Casino Patrons From California Meet Horrendous Fate

1969 A group of Southern Californians, winding down from a Monday night of gambling at the El Capitan Club in Hawthorne, Nevada, were on the “Gamblers Special” flight back home. The plane never made it.…

ByDoresa Banning

January 13, 2021

The Powerful Lure of a Bedazzling Jackpot

Bar of Music (Reno, NV) Barrel House (Reno, NV) Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Counterfeiting Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling Gambling Gambling History Games / Races: Jackpots Games / Races: Slot Machines / Fruities Games / Races: Ten-O-Win Gaming History It Really Happened Nevada Reno--Nevada The Cedars (Reno, NV) United States Wolf Den (Reno, NV)

The Powerful Lure of a Bedazzling Jackpot

Happy New Year!! 1907-1945 Wanting to kick off 2021 with a positive blog post and being inspired by the $15.5 million jackpot win on Christmas Eve at Las Vegas’ Suncoast Hotel and Casino, we sought…

ByDoresa Banning

January 6, 2021

Carlin Hotelman Turns Slot Machine Loser When He Violates Gambling Law

Carlin--Nevada Casino Casino History Crimes Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Rigged Slot Machines Gambling History Gambling License Gambling: Fines Games / Races: Slot Machines / Fruities Gaming History Gino Quilici Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission It Really Happened Nevada Star Hotel and Bar (Winnemucca, NV) State Hotel (Carlin, NV) State Inn (Carlin, NV) United States

Carlin Hotelman Turns Slot Machine Loser When He Violates Gambling Law

1947-1960 One Carlin, Nevada business owner learned the hard way that the state didn’t tolerate gambling operators cheating the players. Gino Quilici just had been granted a gambling license in August 1952 for the State…

ByDoresa Banning

December 30, 2020

Historic Droodle Depicts Gambling Euphemisms

Artists / Designers: Roger Price (Droodles) Gambling History Gambling: Art Games / Races: Craps Gaming History It Really Happened United States

Historic Droodle Depicts Gambling Euphemisms

1957 Here’s one of Roger Price’s Droodles, funny drawings of everyday objects, called “Sick With the Measles.“ The accompanying anecdote read: “When my landlady Mrs. Goonsgarten saw this Droodle, she made me sign a statement…

ByDoresa Banning

December 23, 2020

Hotel-Casino Landlord, President Nixon Transact Win-Win Deal

Calvin Kovens Carousel Casino (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Casino: Financings: Teamsters Pension Fund: James "Jimmy" R. Hoffa Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Fraud Ethnic Groups: Jewish Americans Federal Prison Camp, Elgin (Fla.) Florida Gambling History Gaming History Incline Village--Nevada It Really Happened Miami--Florida Nevada Politicians / Politics: Richard Nixon The Sierra Tahoe (Incline Village, NV) U.S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg (Lewisburg, Pa.) United States

Hotel-Casino Landlord, President Nixon Transact Win-Win Deal

1924-1995 A Miami, Florida businessman and convicted felon, involved with at least one Nevada casino in the 1960s, later got special consideration from President Richard M. Nixon. Gambling History Calvin Kovens bought The Sierra Tahoe…

ByDoresa Banning

December 16, 2020

Gamblers Put the Squeeze On National Football League Players

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Sports Game Fixing Eddie Ginsberg Events: 1946 NFL NFC Conference Championship Gambling History Games / Races: Sports Betting Gaming History Genovese Crime Family (New York) It Really Happened Jerome Zarowitz Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Supreme Court of New York New Jersey New York Patriarca Crime Family (Boston) Sports Teams Sports Teams: Chicago Bears (NFL) Sports Teams: New York Giants (NFL) United States

Gamblers Put the Squeeze On National Football League Players

1946-1947 Alvin J. Paris ingratiated himself with two New York Giants football players by inviting them to parties at his apartment and taking them to nightclubs. He bet on a Giants game and gave them…

ByDoresa Banning

December 9, 2020

Nevada Casino Dollar Tokens Quickly Become Hot Commodity

Casino History Gambling Currency: Tokens / Bingles Gambling History Games / Races: Slot Machines / Fruities Gaming History Gilroy Roberts It Really Happened Nevada Rio Suite Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, NV) The Franklin Mint Thunderbird (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Nevada Casino Dollar Tokens Quickly Become Hot Commodity

1965-1966 When Nevada’s casinos switched the form of currency accepted in their $1 slot machines to a token from the nearly extinct silver coin in 1965, it had an unexpected result. People around the world…

ByDoresa Banning

December 2, 2020

Spite Leads to Creation and Destruction of World's "Most Sumptuous" Casino

Casino History Casino: Openings Casino: Shutdowns Europe France Frank Jay Gould Gambling History Games / Races: Baccarat Gaming History It Really Happened Le Casino Municipal (Nice, France) Nice--France Palais de la Méditerranée (Nice, France)

Spite Leads to Creation and Destruction of World's "Most Sumptuous" Casino

1929-1933 Le Casino Municipal in Nice, France refused to cash Frank Jay Gould’s check so he could keep gambling there. This irked him. Gould wasn’t just a member of the bourgeoisie. Rather, he was an…

ByDoresa Banning

November 25, 2020

Nevada: "Gambling and Prostitution Should Not Go Hand in Hand"

Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing Crystal Club (Searchlight, NV) El Rey Club (Searchlight, NV) Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission It Really Happened Nevada Oasis Club (Searchlight, NV) Searchlight Casino (Searchlight, NV) Searchlight--Nevada United States

Nevada: "Gambling and Prostitution Should Not Go Hand in Hand"

1954 Two gambling-related issues — cheating by operators and prostitution — in Nevada’s town of Searchlight came to a head at the July meeting of the state tax commission, then responsible for overseeing gaming. Regarding…

ByDoresa Banning

November 18, 2020

West Coast IRS Men Bribe Gamblers

Al Hoffman Boulder Club (Las Vegas, NV) California Casino History Charles Addison Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Extortion Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Tax Evasion Elmer "Bones" F. Remmer Frontier Club (Las Vegas, NV) Gambling History Gaming History George Perry Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Internal Revenue Service Guy McAfee It Really Happened L.B. "Tutor" Scherer Milton P. Page Nevada P.J. Goumond Phil Curti Pioneer Club (Las Vegas, NV) Politicians / Politics: Kefauver Committee State Line Hotel and Casino (Wendover, NV) Tonopah Club (Tonopah, NV) United States William Curland William Smith

West Coast IRS Men Bribe Gamblers

1940-1953 In 1946, Pat Mooney, chief field deputy of the Nevada Internal Revenue (IR) Bureau office, made gambler-Mobster Elmer “Bones” F. Remmer* an offer he couldn’t refuse. If the gambling club owner purchased $52,400 ($699,000…

ByDoresa Banning

November 11, 2020

U.S. Prohibits Gambling on Domestic Election Results

Casino History Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations: Nevada Revised Statute 293.830 Gambling Laws / Regulations: Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act Gambling: Election / Political Gaming History It Really Happened Nevada Politicians / Politics: Elections United States

U.S. Prohibits Gambling on Domestic Election Results

1919-Today The now infamous Joseph “Joe” Conforte, known for having owned the Mustang Ranch brothel and having fought for the legalization of prostitution, both in Nevada, found himself behind bars there in fall 1960. The…

ByDoresa Banning

November 3, 2020

Wacky Gambling News From the 1930s, 1940s

Casino History Florida Gambling History Games / Races: Policy / Numbers Gaming History It Really Happened New York--New York United States Washington

Wacky Gambling News From the 1930s, 1940s

“Pigeon Jailed for Gambling” New York, May 29, 1941 Two New York Police Department plainclothesmen arrested a pigeon that then was forced to spend the night in the Bronx police station. Five other such birds,…

ByDoresa Banning

October 29, 2020

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