Spindle Tricksters Clean Up
1906 A sextet of flimflammers arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in December, set up at the corner of Main and Fremont Streets and began separating the locals from their money. ” … the spindle was…
00 (Double-0) Saloon (Las Vegas, NV)
Casino History
Gambling History
Gambling: Illegal
Gaming History
It Really Happened
Las Vegas Hotel (Las Vegas, NV)
Nevada
Northern Saloon (Las Vegas, NV)
United States
Busted for Running Gambling in Nevada
1916 The year brought indictments in Las Vegas against individuals for violating Nevada’s anti-gambling statute, which was unusual because law enforcement generally ignored or poorly enforced it. Operating a gambling game then constituted a felony.…
Beldon Katleman
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Boulder Club (Las Vegas, NV)
Casino History
El Cortez (Las Vegas, NV)
Fremont Street--Las Vegas
Gambling History
Gambling: War
Gaming History
Golden Nugget (Las Vegas, NV)
It Really Happened
Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas, NV)
Meyer Lansky
Monte Carlo (Las Vegas, NV)
Nevada
Sin City
United States
Western Club (Las Vegas, NV)
William J. Moore
Alleged Vegas Gambling War Brews
1949 The article, “Las Vegas Gamblers Arming in Control Battle,” ran on the front page of a Los Angeles newspaper in the third week of December, to the chagrin of Nevada gambling regulators, casino owners,…