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        The Dice Fall Where They May in FBI Gambling Probe, Part II
        Christy and Jones Inc. Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Magnets Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Moving Gambling Equipment Out of State Dewey D'Angelo Gambling Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations: U.S. Transportation of Gambling Devices Act Gambling: Equipment Gambling: Equipment: Crooked Gambling: Equipment: Manufacturers Gambling: Investigation Harry Bennett It Really Happened Jack E. Kress Kress Manufacturing Co. Las Vegas--Nevada Law Enforcement / Judicial System: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Louisiana Mississippi Nevada Texas The Red Carpet (Biloxi, MS) Tulsa--Oklahoma United Kingdom Wilbur K. Sullivan

        The Dice Fall Where They May in FBI Gambling Probe, Part II

        1965-1969: The Red Carpet in Biloxi was cheating its craps players by using a “juice joint,” a two-ton electromagnet that controlled metal-containing dice on a game table, in 1965. At the time, Mississippi prohibited all…

        ByDoresa Banning

        March 3, 2021

        The Dice Fall Where They May in FBI Gambling Probe, Part I
        Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV) Casino Casino History Commercial Hotel/Monte Carlo Casino (Elko, NV) Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Moving Gambling Equipment Out of State Crumley Hotel (Elko, NV) Crystal Bay--Nevada Dunes (Las Vegas, NV) El Bo Room (Wells, NV) Elko--Nevada Gambling Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations: U.S. Transportation of Gambling Devices Act Gambling: Equipment Gambling: Equipment: Crooked Gambling: Equipment: Manufacturers Gambling: Equipment: Seizures Gambling: Illegal Gambling: Raids Gaming History Golden Bank (Reno, NV) Hot Springs--Arkansas It Really Happened Las Vegas--Nevada Law Enforcement / Judicial System: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Louisiana Club (Las Vegas, NV) Nevada New Frontier (Las Vegas, NV) Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV) Stardust (Las Vegas, NV) Tulsa--Oklahoma United States Wells--Nevada

        The Dice Fall Where They May in FBI Gambling Probe, Part I

        1965-1969: In its July 1966 raid of Kress Manufacturing Co. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents seized a treasure trove of crooked gambling equipment that seemed headed to various Nevada casinos. The haul…

        ByDoresa Banning

        February 24, 2021

        Quick Fact – Not What I Wanted to Hear
        Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Assaults Did You Know? Ely--Nevada Gambling History Gambling: Equipment Games / Races: Bowling Machine Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission Nevada Quick Facts United States

        Quick Fact – Not What I Wanted to Hear

        1954 Arthur R. Schultz of Ely, Nevada, who’ previously had held a gambling license for slot machines, asked then District Attorney of White Pine County, Jon R. Collins, to rule on whether or not a…

        ByDoresa Banning

        June 12, 2019

        Slot Machines Land on Trouble in Reno
        Casino: Corporations: Pyramid Securities Inc. Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Fraud Gambling History Gambling: Equipment Gaming History Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Nevada Oak Room (Reno, NV) Pyramid Securities Inc.: Joe Larango

        Slot Machines Land on Trouble in Reno

        1953 Theodore “Ted” Donaldson, 31, bought six slot machines from Joe Larango of Pyramid Securities Inc., a company with the devices in several Reno, Nevada locations, including the Oak Room casino. Donaldson paid the $1,825 cost…

        ByDoresa Banning

        June 9, 2019

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