Tombstone–Arizona – Gambling-History.com https://gambling-history.com History of Gambling in the U.S. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:29:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gambling-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-Kings-Castle-Chip-32x32.png Tombstone–Arizona – Gambling-History.com https://gambling-history.com 32 32 Quick Fact – Renowned U.S. Gambling Towns https://gambling-history.com/quick-fact-renowned-u-s-gambling-towns/ https://gambling-history.com/quick-fact-renowned-u-s-gambling-towns/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:22:53 +0000 https://gambling-history.com/?p=1531 1870s

Three fledgling U.S. towns that boomed and evolved into gambling centers were:

Deadwood, South Dakota, where Wild Bill Hickok was killed while playing poker, immortalizing “dead man’s hand”

Leadville, Colorado, where Doc Holliday shot the former policeman, Billy Allen

Tombstone, Arizona, where the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp occurred

Photo from Pond5: “Old West Poker Skeleton; Dead Man’s Hand” by Atomazul

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