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Pay Up Or Blow Up — Las Vegas

1972 In the mail on Monday, April 24, each of 21 Las Vegas hotel-casinos received an identical, typewritten letter that demanded they pay a total of $2 million (about $12 million today) or get blown…

Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Firearms Gambling History Gaming History Harrah's Lake Tahoe (Stateline, NV) It Really Happened Nevada Stateline--Nevada United States

Crime: The Harrah’s Holdup

1972-1973 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to read is true. No names have been changed, as there were no innocents. This is the city, Stateline, Nevada. It’s the gambling mecca of Lake…

Did You Know? Harrah's (Reno, NV) Quick Facts

1972 A 71-year-old, wheelchair-bound, California grandmother, Susan Ellyn Reid, who had a long rap sheet and various aliases, entered Harrahs Club in Reno, Nevada in July carrying a box. She gave casino personnel a typed…

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Nevada Quick Facts United States

Quick Fact – Bugsy Siegel’s Hidden Safe

1972 Twenty-six years after the gangland assassination of mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and his debut of the Flamingo in Las Vegas, a trap door was discovered in one of the hotel-casino’s offices when the carpet…

Brothels Brothels: Ash Meadows Sky Ranch (Lathrop Wells, NV) Did You Know? Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Lathrop Wells (Amargosa Valley)--Nevada Nevada Quick Facts

Quick Fact – An “Unsuitable” Combo

1972 The brothel Ash Meadows Sky Ranch, in Lathrop Wells (today Amargosa Valley) in Nye County, accessible via an airstrip, was denied a gambling license by Nevada gaming regulators to operate four slot machines on…

1972

Pay Up Or Blow Up — Las Vegas

Crime: The Harrah’s Holdup

Quick Fact – Gutsy Granny

Quick Fact – Bugsy Siegel’s Hidden Safe

Quick Fact – An “Unsuitable” Combo