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…