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Lawsuit: No Casino in My Neighborhood, Period

Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Casino History Crystal Bay--Nevada Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Lake Tahoe--Nevada Lawsuit Nevada United States

Lawsuit: No Casino in My Neighborhood, Period

1945-1947 Ray Wherrit and Austin K. Wright of San Luis Obispo, California set out in 1945 to build a $120,000 hotel-casino in the Crystal Bay Park subdivision on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. The…

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June 6, 2018

Law Officers Battle Over Gambling in the South

Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments DeSoto County Sheriff Elton S. Baxter--Mississippi DeSoto County--Mississippi Gambling Gambling Gambling History Gaming History Illegal It Really Happened Mississippi MS Governor Paul E. Johnson Shelby County Sheriff Guy Joyner--Tennessee Shelby County--Tennessee Tennessee United States

Law Officers Battle Over Gambling in the South

1940 They couldn’t just agree to disagree. They were the sheriffs of two bordering counties in different states. Sheriff Guy Joyner of Shelby County, Tennessee insisted illegal gambling was taking place just past the state…

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April 25, 2018

Quick Fact - Threefold Pettiness

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Quick Fact - Threefold Pettiness

1940 After some angry husbands in Los Angeles, California complained their wives were gambling away the grocery money, two vice squad officers raided the Monday night birthday party of Ann Dicker, a 73-year-old great-grandmother, at…

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April 6, 2018

Quick Fact - Gambling Downs Nine Pin

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Quick Fact - Gambling Downs Nine Pin

1830s In this decade, moral fervor over gambling and organized crime led many United States cities to outlaw nine-pin bowling, which had been popular since colonial times. By the mid-40s, nine pin had vanished from…

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February 16, 2018

Hot Springs: Illegal Gambling Mecca, Criminal Hangout

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Hot Springs: Illegal Gambling Mecca, Criminal Hangout

1860s to 1960s “The loose buckle in the Bible Belt” and “Las Vegas before Las Vegas had water” — these were Hot Springs, as described in the press (Hot Springs, 2013). This Central Arkansas city…

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December 13, 2017

Quick Fact - Rabid Anti-Gamblers

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Quick Fact - Rabid Anti-Gamblers

1907 William Howard Taft (not yet the U.S. president) was in Manila, the Philippines on Secretary of War duties. His wife, Helen, or “Nellie,“ who’d accompanied him on the trip, was at a Saturday morning bridge…

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December 8, 2017

Unexpected Cost at New Orleans Gambling Raid

21 / Blackjack Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Casino History Gambling History Gaming History George L. O'Dwyer It Really Happened Kefauver Committee Louisiana Louisiana State Police New Orleans--Louisiana O'Dwyer's (New Orleans, LA) Raid Roulette Rudolph "Rudy" T. O'Dwyer United States

Unexpected Cost at New Orleans Gambling Raid

1953 On a weeknight in May, Louisiana state policemen surrounded a high-end home in the New Orleans suburbs. One of them knocked on a secret side door that contained a one-way glass window, allowing those…

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November 22, 2017

California Gamblers Snub Federal Inquiry

21 (El Cerrito, CA) Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Bookmaking California Casino History Contempt of Congress Contra Costa County--California David "Dave" Nathan Kessel El Cerrito--California Elmer "Bones" F. Remmer Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Hollywood (El Cerrito, CA) Illegal It Really Happened Kefauver Committee Nevada Tax Commission Palace Club (Reno, NV) Rancho San Pablo (El Cerrito, CA) The Wagon Wheel (El Cerrito, CA) United States Walter "Big Bill" Melburn Pechart

California Gamblers Snub Federal Inquiry

1950-1953 During the 1950 federal hearings on organized crime, two Northern California gamblers — Walter “Big Bill” Melburn Pechart and David “Dave” Nathan Kessel — were uncooperative, according to the questioners. They were Senators Estes…

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November 15, 2017

Illegal Gambling Conspiracy in Maricopa County

Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Arizona Casino History Gambling History Gaming History Illegal It Really Happened Lawsuit Maricopa County Attorney John W. Corbin--Arizona Maricopa County Justice of the Peace Harry E. Westfall--Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff Roy Merrill--Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy Porter Northroup--Arizona Maricopa County--Arizona Phoenix--Arizona Raid United States War

Illegal Gambling Conspiracy in Maricopa County

1937-1938 Within a year of becoming the Maricopa County Attorney, John W. Corbin began work to expose the illegal gambling taking place in the Arizona region. He set his sights on busting the game operators and…

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October 4, 2017

Anti-Gambling Fraud: Intentional or Accidental?

Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Casino History Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations Gaming History It Really Happened Nevada Politicians / Politics United States

Anti-Gambling Fraud: Intentional or Accidental?

1934 After Nevada legalized gambling in 1931, a faction opposed to the industry fought to have it eradicated. “A group of Nevada citizens felt there was a growing protest against the injury being done our…

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June 21, 2017

Quick Fact - Vice Crusade Tactic

Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts California Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Illegal Los Angeles Chief of Police Charles E. Sebastian Los Angeles-California Quick Facts United States

Quick Fact - Vice Crusade Tactic

1913 As what the Los Angeles Times called the “the first sally in the greatest campaign that has ever been waged for the elimination of gambling” (April 7, 1913), Los Angeles Chief of Police Charles…

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April 28, 2017

Bucket Shopper's Dogged Fight

Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts Bucket Shopping California Casino History Cheating / Fleecing Gambling Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Lawsuit San Francisco--California

Bucket Shopper's Dogged Fight

1911-1912 A San Francisco, California ordinance outlawed bucket shopping in 1911 — no longer was running or visiting such an enterprise legal — and one operator didn’t like it. Henry A. Moss, a bucket shop owner and…

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April 19, 2017

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