Big Hat (Las Vegas, NV)
Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishment: Duel
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Firearms
Gambling
Gambling History
Gambling License
Gaming History
It Really Happened
Nevada
Sam Baker
United States
The Duel at Big Hat
1948 Arthur T. Morgan belligerently stormed into the Big Hat casino on Highway 91 (outside Las Vegas, Nevada) at about 1:30 a.m. on a Friday night in spring. He immediately began heckling, threatening to shoot…