Circus Circus (Las Vegas, NV) Archives

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Casino Dealer, Accomplice Execute Elaborate Crime in Las Vegas, Part I

1977 The couple’s harrowing experience started at their Las Vegas home. Two men disguised with faux facial hair and odd outfits nabbed First National Bank of Nevada executive Reno N. Fruzza as he entered his…

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Circus Circus (Las Vegas, NV) Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling: Disruptions Events: Strikes / Protests Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Las Vegas Strip / S. Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas--Nevada Nevada Politicians / Politics: NV Governor Mike O'Callaghan Sands (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Protests Deliberately Disrupt Gambling in Las Vegas

1971 Actress Jane Fonda and renowned activists led about 900 people down the Las Vegas Strip on March 6, 1971, a Saturday, in protest of welfare cutbacks. “Today we launched a spring offensive and…

Casino History Circus Circus (Las Vegas, NV) Crimes / Violence / Punishments Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Extortion Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Las Vegas--Nevada Law Enforcement / Judicial System: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Nevada Thunderbird (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Pay Up Or Blow Up — Las Vegas

1972 In the mail on Monday, April 24, each of 21 Las Vegas hotel-casinos received an identical, typewritten letter that demanded they pay a total of $2 million (about $12 million today) or get blown…

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The Vegas Casino Work Card Battle

1970-1973 When federal agents arrested Elliot Paul Price, 51, during a massive multi-city raid in 1970 and charged him with illegally transmitting race wire information across state lines via telephone, two dominos fell: • He…