Quick Fact – Lingerie Caper
1966 A 34-year-old 21 dealer at a Crystal Bay Club Casino at Lake Tahoe slipped $100 worth of gambling chips into her bra each day for a week before getting caught. Once busted, she accepted…
Terror at Casino de Monte-Carlo
1880 British and French patrons crowded the Casino de Monte-Carlo, games were in full operation and large sums of money sat on the tables. It was a typical Saturday night in spring at the Monaco…
Quick Fact – Tunnel Thief
1904 An industrious individual tunneled beneath the Tonopah Club in Tonopah, Nevada, cut a hole through the casino floor and stole $1,000 in gold and silver from the box under the faro table – all…
California
Casino History
Folsom State Prison (CA)
Gambling History
Gaming History
It Really Happened
John Quinn
Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit
Nevada
San Francisco--California
United States
Gambler’s Wealth Meets Undue Fate
1924-1932 The story of the estate of a long-ago Nevada gambler after his passing is strange and unfortunate. John Quinn was a man who’d lost and made large fortunes in gambling and mining stock deals…
Boxers / Fight Promoters: Edward "Gunboat" Smith
Casino (Reno, NV)
Casino History
Did You Know?
Gambling History
Gaming History
Nevada
Quick Facts
Quick Fact – Questions of Identity
1923 A new man in town was thought to be the famous Irish American boxer Edward “Gunboat” Smith. But when the City of Reno police arrested him as a suspect in a $310 ($4,500 today)…