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Accidents: Plane Crashes Casino History El Capitan Club (Hawthorne, NV) Gambling History Gambling: Junkets Gaming History Hawthorne--Nevada It Really Happened Nevada United States

Nevada Casino Patrons From California Meet Horrendous Fate

1969 A group of Southern Californians, winding down from a Monday night of gambling at the El Capitan Club in Hawthorne, Nevada, were on the “Gamblers Special” flight back home. The plane never made it.…

Accidents Accidents: Automobile Casino History Clara A. Rowan Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Hit and Runs Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Las Vegas--Nevada Nevada United States

In Las Vegas, Coloradan Becomes U.S.' First Female Casino Owner

1931 Catalyzed by unexpected circumstances, Colorado-born Clara Antoinette Rowan (née Beggs) became the first woman to own a legal casino in the United States. Her husband, Thomas “Tom” George Rowan and his partner Leo Kind…

Accidents Accidents: Automobile Beverly Hills-California California Divorce / Annulment Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Las Vegas--Nevada Lux (offshore, Southern CA) Meadows (Las Vegas, NV) Montmartre Club (Havana, Cuba) Nevada Rex (offshore, Southern CA) S.S. Rex (Las Vegas, NV) Stardust (Las Vegas, NV) Tony Cornero / Antonio Cornero Stralla United States

Shrouded in Mystery: Gambler Tony Cornero's Fleeting Marriage

1941 The brief union between Tony and Dorothy Stralla ended in a suspicious tragedy. Antonio Cornero Stralla was a colorful, law defying, Southern California rumrunner turned gambler. He was involved, most often as the owner/operator,…

Accidents Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Las Vegas--Nevada Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Lido de Paris Nevada Quick Facts Stardust (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Quick Fact - The Nude is Falling

1969-1971 Patron Alvin Glasky sat in the Stardust hotel-casino’s showroom in Las Vegas, Nevada, watching Lido de Paris on a Saturday evening in 1969. As one of the topless showgirls was being lowered from the…

Accidents Accidents: Flooding Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Las Vegas--Nevada Nevada Quick Facts Showboat Hotel (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Quick Fact - Floating the Showboat

1967 Ironically, considering the entity’s name, water poured inside the Showboat Hotel (later Castaways) when flash floods hit Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, August 8. At 2800 E. Fremont Street, east of the city, the…

Accidents Accidents: Plane Crashes California Casino History Club Primadonna (Reno, NV) Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Nevada Quick Facts Reno--Nevada San Francisco--California

Quick Fact - Gambling Trip Turns Dicey

1957 In 1957, Club Primadonna chartered passengers to and from San Francisco to the Reno, Nevada casino on “champagne tours.” On the September 28 return flight, delayed from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. due to…

Accidents Accidents: Flooding Did You Know? Nevada Quick Facts Reno--Nevada Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV)

Quick Fact - Reno Flood

1950 The Truckee River in downtown Reno, Nevada overflowed, the raging waters swelling high enough to deluge nearby businesses. One was the Riverside hotel where 4+ feet of water amassed in the casino, restaurant and lobby.…