Quick Fact – Store Slots
1967 Nevada legislators proposed a bill that would disallow any future installation of slot machines in grocery and drug stores, but it died in the Senate Taxation Committee.
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Gambling Currency: Coins--Brass
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Nevada
Nevada State Prison (Carson City, NV)
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Quick Fact – Brass in Pocket
1967 The month following closure of its on-site Bullpen casino, the Nevada State Prison sold the brass coins that inmates had used for decades (since 1932) for wagering and as currency. Sets, containing one coin…
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Fan Tan (Reno, NV)
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Games / Races: Pai Gow
Gaming History
Nevada
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Quick Fact – Pai Gow’s Nevada Debut
1967 After a demonstration of the game, Nevada gambling regulators, for the first time, allowed pai gow — a Chinese version of dominoes — to be offered in its casinos. The clubs with pai gow,…
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Gambling: Dice
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Nevada
Ponderosa (Reno, NV)
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Quick Fact – Gambling Debut Delay
1967 When the owners of the Ponderosa — Reno, Nevada’s newest major hotel (at 515 S. Virginia Street, now the Wild Orchid) — were about to debut gambling, with a celebratory first throwing of the dice, they ran into…
Frank Sinatra’s Hissy Fits
1967 & 1970 Apparently, the beloved crooner had a temper, which he sometimes unleashed when casino operators denied him additional, excessive amounts of credit when gambling. In one instance when Frank Sinatra lost control, he…
Aladdin Resort & Casino (Las Vegas, NV)
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Gambling License
Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Gaming Commission
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Quick Fact – Publisher Unsuitable
1967 New York publisher, Lyle Stuart, applied to the Nevada Gaming Commission for a gambling license to purchase 1 percent of the Aladdin Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip for $25,000 ($178,000 today).…