Belle Livingstone
Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV)
Casino History
Charles Rennie
Chesterfield Syndicate (Detroit, MI)
Clarence Shockey
Crystal Bay--Nevada
Daniel "Danny" W. Sullivan
Gambling History
Gaming History
Harold S. Smith, Sr.
Harolds Club (Reno, NV)
Harry Robbin
Incline Village--Nevada
Isadore Edward "Ed" Robbin
It Really Happened
James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay
James Merrell
John "Johnny" Rayburn
La Boite Amusement Palace (Reno, NV)
Lincoln Fitzgerald
Monte Carlo (Reno, NV)
Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer
Nevada
Raymond Reuben "Ruby" Mathis
Reno City Council (NV)
Reno--Nevada
Robbin and Robbin / Robbins' Nevada Club
Ta-Neva-Ho (Crystal Bay , NV)
Takeovers
The Cowshed (Reno, NV)
United States
William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham
William A. Justi
Mobsters Horn in on Northern Nevada Gambling Clubs
1929-1941 In the early decades of legal gambling in Nevada, two Mob factions — Reno’s McKay/Graham combine and Detroit’s Chesterfield Syndicate — expropriated legitimate businessmen’s casinos in Washoe County. The local Mob, headed by William…
