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Quick Fact - Greater Transparency Given

Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Geographical Areas Nevada Nevada Gaming Commission Nevada Gaming Control Board Nevada Tax Commission Quick Facts United States

Quick Fact - Greater Transparency Given

1952 The Nevada Tax Commission members agreed by unanimous vote to allow reporters to sit in and report on its voting sessions, meetings in which they made key decisions. Previously, voting had been done behind closed…

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August 17, 2018

Topless Dealers: Brainchild of Nevada Casino

21 / Blackjack Casino History Dealers Gambling History Gaming History Holiday Hotel (Reno, NV) It Really Happened Nevada Nevada Attorney General Harvey Dickerson Nevada Gaming Control Board North Las Vegas--Nevada Silver Nugget (North Las Vegas, NV) Topless United States

Topless Dealers: Brainchild of Nevada Casino

1966 The Silver Nugget casino announced it would debut topless, female, 21 (blackjack) dealers during the midnight to 8 a.m. shift. This, too, was the gist of the complaints the Nevada attorney general (A.G.) received…

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November 8, 2017

Casino Owner's Offense Embarrasses Nevada

Casino History Fine Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, NV) It Really Happened Las Vegas Strip / S. Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas--Nevada Nevada Nevada Gaming Commission Nevada Gaming Control Board Ralph Engelstad United States

Casino Owner's Offense Embarrasses Nevada

1988-1989 Tipped off by the contents of various lawsuits and complaints by employees, Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) agents raided the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino* on September 27, 1988. The 2,700-room property located on…

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September 27, 2017

8 Twists in Tahoe Gambler's Court Case

Casino History Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Harvey A. Gross Internal Revenue Service It Really Happened Lake Tahoe--Nevada Lawsuit Nevada Nevada Gaming Commission Nevada Gaming Control Board Stateline--Nevada Tax Evasion United States Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall / Harvey's Wagon Wheel / Harvey's Resort Hotel (Stateline, NV)

8 Twists in Tahoe Gambler's Court Case

1957-1960 In June 1957, a federal grand jury secretly indicted the owners of the Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall (Harvey’s today) at Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada — Harvey A. Gross, and his wife, Llewellyn…

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September 20, 2017

The Vegas Casino Work Card Battle

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Circus Circus (Las Vegas, NV) Elliot Paul Price Elliot Paul Price Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations Gaming History It Really Happened James "Whitey" Bulger Las Vegas--Nevada Lawsuit Nevada Nevada Gaming Commission Nevada Gaming Control Board NV Governor Mike O'Callaghan Oscar Goodman Race Wire United States Winter Hill Gang Work Card

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…

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February 22, 2017

Gambling Junkets Cause International Discord

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Extortion Gambling History Gaming History Harry Wald It Really Happened Japan Junkets Las Vegas Strip / S. Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas--Nevada Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board NV Regulation 25 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department United States

Gambling Junkets Cause International Discord

1974-1975 For many Japan-based businessmen, gambling trips to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas turned nightmarish. Kikumaru Okuda, 46, also a resident of the Land of the Rising Sun, and a film producer with Toho Film Company,…

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January 18, 2017

Quick Fact - Detrimental Game of Chance

Bingo Casino History Did You Know? Gambling History Gaming History Las Vegas Strip / S. Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas--Nevada Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board Quick Facts Sands (Las Vegas, NV) Silver Slipper (Las Vegas, NV) United States

Quick Fact - Detrimental Game of Chance

1956 The gambling licensees of the Dunes and Silver Slipper casinos applied to restart bingo on the premises, but the Nevada Gaming Commission denied their request, stating that the return of the game to the Las…

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January 13, 2017

The Big Squeeze at Reno Casino

Asians Basin Street (Reno, NV) Casino History Gambling Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations Gambling License Gaming History George Chin Harry Chon It Really Happened Mobsters / Gangsters / Syndicate Members (Alleged) Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board Nevada Tax Commission Old Cathay Club (Reno, NV) Reno--Nevada United States

The Big Squeeze at Reno Casino

1955-1966 Harry Chon, licensed operator of the gambling operations at the Old Cathay Club* in Reno, Nevada, found himself in an uncomfortable spot, under pressure from two parties, in 1956. The story begins about a…

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December 28, 2016

Nevada Makes Gamblers Choose

Albert Anastasia Casino History Charles "Lucky" Luciano Clifford Jones Cuba Cuba President Fidel Castro Desert Inn (Las Vegas, NV) Fremont Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, NV) Gambling Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations Gaming History Hilton (Havana, Cuba) It Really Happened Jake Lansky Las Vegas--Nevada Meyer Lansky Nacional (Havana, Cuba) Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board Riviera (Havana, Cuba) Sands (Las Vegas, NV) Thunderbird (Las Vegas, NV) United States Wilbur Clark

Nevada Makes Gamblers Choose

1957-1959 During Nevada’s 1957 legislature, State Senator Kenneth Johnson (R-Ormsby), voiced his concerns about some of the state’s gambling licensees* simultaneously co-owning Cuban casinos. He feared that: • Nevada licensees might form alliances with U.S.…

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November 2, 2016

How Do I Cheat? Let Me Count the Ways (Part II)

21 / Blackjack Casino History Casinos / Gambling Saloons / Card Clubs / Slot Routes / Wire Services / Hotels / Racetracks / Racinos Cheating / Fleecing Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations Gambling License Gaming History It Really Happened Lawsuit Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board Nevada Tax Commission New Star (Winnemucca, CA) United States Winnemucca--Nevada

How Do I Cheat? Let Me Count the Ways (Part II)

1958-1959 (Part I ran last week. If you missed it, it’s available here.) The Nevada Tax Commission withdrew the gambling license of the New Star casino’s operators — Brent Mackie and Kenneth Henton — in July…

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October 26, 2016

How Do I Cheat? Let Me Count the Ways (Part I)

21 / Blackjack Brent Mackie Casino History Casino, Gambling Saloon, Card Club Fronts / Workers / Bookmakers / Dealers Cheating / Fleecing Fred Galster Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History It Really Happened Kenneth Henton Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board Nevada Tax Commission New Star (Winnemucca, CA) NV) Robbins Cahill Robert F. Kennedy United States Winnemucca--Nevada

How Do I Cheat? Let Me Count the Ways (Part I)

1958 Casino workers at the New Star allegedly were caught in flagrante delicto. In April, a gambling detective — Michael MacDougall from New York — conducted a statewide, in-person survey of various gambling entities upon…

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October 19, 2016

Gambling Affront: Elko Disses Jackpot

Cactus Pete's (Jackpot, NV) Casino History Diamond Jim's (Jackpot, NV) Elko--Nevada Gambling History Games / Races Gaming History Horshu Club (Jackpot, NV) It Really Happened Jackpot--Nevada Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board NV) Revenue Tex's Gateway (Jackpot, NV) The 93 (Jackpot, NV) Twin Falls--Idaho United States

Gambling Affront: Elko Disses Jackpot

1960 When one rural Nevada town grew into a gambling hotspot in the mid-1900s, the gamblers in another loudly grumbled. Soon after Idaho outlawed slot machines, its last vestige of legal gambling, the sagebrush- and…

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September 14, 2016

Crooks Exploit Gambling Junkets

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV) Casino History Cheating / Fleecing Extortion Gambling History Gambling License Gaming History Hawaii It Really Happened Junkets Lake Tahoe--Nevada Las Vegas--Nevada Mobsters / Gangsters / Syndicate Members (Alleged) Murder Nevada Nevada Gaming Commission Nevada Gaming Control Board NV Regulation 25 Robbery / Theft / Embezzling United States

Crooks Exploit Gambling Junkets

1969-present When executives of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada hosted 12 people from Kansas City in 1969 as part of a gambling junket, it unexpectedly backfired. When their guests, after four days at the…

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September 7, 2016

Bilking of Vegas' Nevada Club

Cheating / Fleecing Ed Olsen Gambling It Really Happened Keno Las Vegas--Nevada Lawsuit Nevada Club (Las Vegas, NV) Nevada Gaming Control Board Robert Van Santen United States

Bilking of Vegas' Nevada Club

1961-1966 Early in 1961, Michael Catrone, 60, an apartment complex owner, presented to the Nevada Club in Las Vegas a winning keno ticket for $25,000 ($198,000 today). Yet the casino’s general manager didn’t pay it…

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June 22, 2016

Nevada's Black Book: Civil Rights Violation?

Desert Inn (Las Vegas, NV) Gambling Laws / Regulations It Really Happened John "The Bat" Battaglia Las Vegas--Nevada Louis Tom Dragna Marshall Caifano / Johnny Marshall Nevada Nevada Gaming Control Board Nevada's Black Book / Excluded Person List NV Governor Grant Sawyer

Nevada's Black Book: Civil Rights Violation?

1960-1967 Los Angeles mobsters, Louis Tom Dragna and John “The Bat” Battaglia, conversed in a hotel-casino cocktail lounge on the Las Vegas Strip one day in February 1960. But their visit was cut short when…

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April 6, 2016

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