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Was Reno City Councilman Crooked?

1923-1945 Reno, Nevada’s Third Ward city councilman during the 1920s and 1930s was “owned by” the local Mobsters, acted in their interests and protected them, contended Harold S. Smith, Jr., Harolds Club co-owner, in his…

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March 25, 2020

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…

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March 14, 2020

21 / Blackjack Al Hoffman Alfred Leo Rooney Casino History Cheating / Fleecing Clifford Sykes Crimes / Violence / Punishments Dutch Garden (Reno, NV) Fred Stengler Gambling History Gaming History George "Shorty" L. Coppersmith George "Shorty" M. King It Really Happened Lawsuit Nevada Phil Curti Reno--Nevada Rigged Roulette Wheel Roulette Stacked Card Decks The Dog House (Reno, NV) United States

Few Convictions for Cheating at Gambling Interpreted

1931-1948 Gambling and cheating at gambling go together like, well, coins in a slot machine or cards in a shoe. Seemingly, they always will despite various efforts — violence, laws/rules, surveillance, firings, procedures, technology and…

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January 8, 2020

Belle Livingstone Casino History Gambler (Operators/Players) Gambling Gaming History George Wingfield Harold S. Smith, Sr. Harolds Club (Reno, NV) It Really Happened James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay Memoirs Mobster Control Of Mobsters / Gangsters / Syndicate Members (Alleged) Nevada Reno City Council (NV) Reno--Nevada The Cowshed (Reno, NV) United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham William A. Justi

Reno Gambling Club Owners Describe Industry's Ruling Mobsters

1920s-1930s It’s undisputed that Mobsters ruled early gambling in Reno, Nevada’s 1920s and 1930s. Two club owners who offered games of chance in the city courageously wrote, in their memoirs roughly two decades later, about…

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December 18, 2019

Animated Casino History Character Manufacturing Co. Elko--Nevada Frank Polk Gambling History Gaming History Golden (Reno, NV) It Really Happened Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas, NV) Las Vegas--Nevada Mapes (Reno, NV) Nevada Nevada Club (Reno, NV) Reno--Nevada Stockmen's Hotel (Elko, NV) Sundance Cravat The Mint (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Reno Company Handcrafts Animated Slot Machines

1950-1956 A novel, animated gambling device began to appear in Nevada casinos in 1950. It debuted in the lobby of Reno’s Mapes hotel-casino in the fall and “got a big play from visiting Shriners,” reported…

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July 17, 2019

Casino Casino History Chesterfield Syndicate (Detroit, MI) Daniel "Danny" W. Sullivan Gambling History Gaming History Harry Robbin Isadore Edward "Ed" Robbin It Really Happened Lincoln Fitzgerald Nevada Nevada Club (Reno, NV) Raymond Reuben "Ruby" Mathis Reno--Nevada Robbin and Robbin / Robbins' Nevada Club Takeovers United States

Syndicate Members Usurp Father-and-Son Gambling Club

1941-1956 The Nevada Club (1941-1987) in Reno exemplifies the stereotypic mobsters-and-gambling connection that pervaded The Silver State for decades during the 1900s. The business began as Robbin and Robbin, opened by Harry Robbin, 65, and…

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August 29, 2018

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Casino History Disseminating Horse Racing Info Gambling Gambling History Gaming History Illegal It Really Happened Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay Nevada Palace Club (Reno, NV) Raymond J. Poncia Reno--Nevada United States Washoe Publishing Company Western News Company William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham

Reno Mobsters' Bank Club Breaks Gambling Law

1940-1941 In a series of raids in December 1940, Washoe County deputy sheriffs confiscated gambling-related paraphernalia from three Reno, Nevada locations: 1) Bank Club casino 2) Washoe Publishing Company (WPC) (room 311 in the Lyons Building)…

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August 15, 2018

Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments Did You Know? Firearms Gambling History Henry Club (Reno, NV) Nevada Quick Facts Reno--Nevada Robbery / Theft / Embezzling The Capitol (Reno, NV) United States

Quick Fact - More Trouble Anticipated

Robberies were plaguing Reno. The Capitol bar and the Henry Club, both offering games of chance, were hit inside of eight days. A rumor circulated that notorious gangsters were headed to the Northern Nevada city. It…

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August 10, 2018

Assaults Crimes / Violence / Punishments Did You Know? Disturbing the Peace Gambling Gambling History Gaming History Golden Bank (Reno, NV) Nevada Quick Facts Reno Police Department--Nevada Reno--Nevada Slot Machines / Fruities United States

Quick Fact - Beat-it-Out-of-You Approach

1957 Inside the Golden Bank Casino on a Saturday afternoon, security personnel saw Merle Naughton, 40-year-old salesman, yanking and pounding on slot machines. When they told him to leave, he did. He went across the…

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August 3, 2018

21 / Blackjack Casino History Craps Did You Know? Gambling Gambling History Games / Races Gaming History Mapes (Reno, NV) Nevada Openings Quick Facts Reno--Nevada Roulette Slot Machines / Fruities United States

Quick Fact - Gambling at Both Ends

1947 When the luxurious 12-story Mapes hotel opened in Reno, Nevada on Saturday, December 27, 1947, it boasted two casinos. One was on the river side of the main level, the other in the southwest…

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July 13, 2018

Assaults Bank Club (Reno, NV) Casino History Casinos / Gambling Saloons / Card Clubs / Slot Routes / Wire Services / Hotels / Racetracks / Racinos Crimes / Violence / Punishments Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Nevada Palace Club (Reno, NV) Reno City Council (NV) Reno--Nevada Shooting Town House (Reno, NV) United States

Crimes in Reno Casinos Raise Concern

1945-1946 In the Bank Club, a co-proprietor of a local gambling saloon, Andrew Jackson “Jack” Blackman, shot to death James Lannigan, a small-time thug, on October 30, 1944, an action for which he was acquitted. In…

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July 11, 2018

Casino History Did You Know? Eli Francovich Gambling History Games / Races Gaming History Nevada Quick Facts Reno City Council (NV) Reno--Nevada United States Wheel of Fortune Wine House (Reno, NV)

Quick Fact - Engendering Envy

1929 When the only types of legal gambling in Nevada were poker, five hundred, solo, whist, parimutuel betting on horse races and slot machines with restrictions, owner Eli Francovich* installed in his Wine House club…

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July 6, 2018

Archie Sneed Assaults Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments Elmer West Ernest "Ernie" J. Primm Frank Richardson Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Joseph Hall Lawsuit Military Nevada Palace Club (Reno, NV) Reno--Nevada United States World War II

Lawsuit: You Won't Get Away With It

1945-1946 Alfred E. Cushman entered the Palace Club, in uniform, shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 11, 1945. Prior to that, the recently discharged U.S. Army veteran participated in the Armistice Day parade in…

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June 27, 2018

Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Harold S. Smith, Sr. Harolds Club (Reno, NV) Nevada Quick Facts Raymond "Pappy" I. Smith Raymond A. Smith Reno--Nevada Sparks--Nevada United States

Quick Fact - Party Palace

1950-1979 The Harolds Club casino, in Reno, Nevada, held an annual winter holiday party for employees at its Harolds Trapshooting Club in the neighboring town of Sparks, on the Pyramid Highway. The fêtes, which featured…

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June 1, 2018

California Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments Gambling Gambling History Gaming History Harolds Club (Reno, NV) It Really Happened Nevada Reno--Nevada Robbery / Theft / Embezzling San Francisco Police Department--California San Francisco--California U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation United States

Draftsman Gets a Wild Hair … Or Two … Or Three

1952 “Someone very dear to you is being held and will be killed if you don’t give me the money.” This was the content of the note, a bluff, Frederick Charles Will, handed to the…

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May 16, 2018

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