Quick Fact - Big Numbers
Mid-1870s Virginia City, Nevada, at the peak of the mining boom when the population was about 18,000, boasted one gambling house for every 150 people. That’s 120 of these places, primarily saloons! Some of the…
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Gambling
Games / Races: Poker
It Really Happened
Quick Facts
Steamboat Springs (Reno, NV)
Virginia City--Nevada
Quick Fact - Steamboat Springs
1860s & 1870s In Virginia City, Nevada’s heyday, gold miners and magnates alike sought out R&R — gambling, hot springs soaking and dining — at the nearby Steamboat Springs resort south of Reno, a stop…
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing
Gambling
Games / Races: 21 / Blackjack
Games / Races: Poker
Games / Races: Slot Machines / Fruities
Horseshoe Club / Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel (Las Vegas, NV)
It Really Happened
The Ramada Hotel Casino (Reno, NV)
United States
Virginia City--Nevada
The Faro Fadeaway
1825-1958 The hottest game in the Old West between 1825 and 1915, faro is pretty much extinct in the United States today. If you’ve never heard of it — and you aren’t alone there —…
