Men Please Do Not Apply
1937-1970 Card dealing was a male-dominated profession in Nevada’s casinos until 1937, when Harolds Club, in Reno, put the first woman at a 21 table to deal. Co-owner Harold Smith previously had been hiring women,…
Casino, Gambling Saloon, Card Club Fronts / Workers / Bookmakers / Dealers
Cuba
Events: World War II
Games / Races: Dog Racing
Games / Races: Horse Racing
It Really Happened
Mexico
Nevada
United States
WWII: Impact on Nevada’s Gambling
1944-1945 In the final year of World War II, three related mandates hampered Nevada’s gambling clubs, but, in general, casinos willingly withstood the hits out of a sense of patriotic duty. These directives, imposed by…
Archie Sneed
Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishments
Elmer West
Ernest "Ernie" J. Primm
Events: World War II
Frank Richardson
Gambling History
Gaming History
It Really Happened
Joseph Hall
Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit
Military
Nevada
Palace Club (Reno, NV)
United States
Lawsuit: You Won’t Get Away With It
1945-1946 Alfred E. Cushman entered the Palace Club, in uniform, shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 11, 1945. Prior to that, the recently discharged U.S. Army veteran participated in the Armistice Day parade in…
Casino de Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
Casino History
Did You Know?
Events: World War II
Gambling History
Gaming History
Monaco
Quick Facts
Ships: HMS Sickle
Quick Fact – Miss and Hit
1943 The British submarine, HMS Sickle, fired a succession of torpedoes during World War II, in May, sinking an enemy vessel in Cape Ferrat, southeastern France. But one of the missiles hit a cliff in…
Barn Club (Reno, NV)
Casino History
Events: World War II
Folsom State Prison (CA)
Gambling
Gambling History
Gambling License
Gaming History
Irving Cowan
It Really Happened
Jack Fugitt
Joseph Scrivani
Larry Tripp
Louis "Lou" J. Wertheimer
Nevada
Northern Club (Reno, NV)
Otell "Mike" Micheletti
United States
Walter Oswald
William Lawrence Hunger aka Larry Brady
Criminals, Money Problems Plague Reno Casino
1940-1943 The Barn Club casino’s existence during World War II was rocky and, therefore, cut short. It began in December 1940, when Jack Fugitt, an entertainment machine business owner, and Walter Oswald, assumed the lease…