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The Wanted Man of Mystery

1941 The man who played roulette in the Palace Club nearly every day for six months was noticeable for his suave appearance. Henry Helmut, age 47, had a bit of gray hair and sported a…

It Really Happened Las Vegas--Nevada Quick Facts Shills Sin City

Quick Fact - Preacher Shill

1958 Reverend Maurice D. Tulloch, 50, a Kansas man, gave up his Baptist ministry for shilling in a Nevada casino. Feeling as though his life was suffocating him, a month earlier he’d walked out of…

California Club Primadonna (Reno, NV) Did You Know? Ernest "Ernie" J. Primm Gambling Gardena--California Poker Quick Facts Shills Tax Evasion

1952 When Ernest J. Primm owned the Monterey Club, a poker house in Gardena, California (a Los Angeles suburb), he claimed on his state income taxes the losses of his shills, up to $500 ($4,500 today) a…

Did You Know? Gambling Nevada Quick Facts Shills

Quick Fact - Shills Unlicensed

1961 In Nevada, where casino operators can employ shills to play in their clubs, it was established that a licensee may not act as a shill, gambling in their own establishment. Their spouse can’t either…

Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations It Really Happened Nevada Nevada Gaming Commission Nevada Gaming Control Board Rolo Casino (Reno, NV) Shills

Gambling Decoys: Shills, Proposition Players

1947-1979 “Neat appearing girls from 21 to 25 to shill and learn to deal games at Rolo Casino, 14 E. Commercial Row,” read a Help Wanted ad in the Nevada State Journal (June 6, 1947). A shill,…

The Wanted Man of Mystery

Quick Fact - Preacher Shill

Quick Fact - Shill Losses

Quick Fact - Shills Unlicensed

Gambling Decoys: Shills, Proposition Players