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Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations: NV Anti-Lottery Law Games / Races: Lotteries/Sweepstakes It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Opportunity Club (Reno, NV) Reno--Nevada

The Chain Letter Of The Law

1935 Although it was a Ponzi scheme, its lure of big money was too strong for many Renoites to resist. One chain letter business, the Opportunity Club, popped up overnight as part of the nationwide…

California Embassy Club (Gardena, CA) Ernest "Ernie" J. Primm Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations: CA Anti-Gambling Act Games / Races: Poker Gardena--California It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Monterey Club (Gardena, CA) Politicians / Politics: CA California Attorney General Ulysses Webb United States

1936-Present If it weren’t for gambler Ernest J. Primm’s nerve and fortitude, California’s nearly 90 card clubs wouldn’t exist today. With a gambling license from the city of Gardena (in Los Angeles County), he opened…

Gambler (Operators/Players): Minors Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Rhyolite--Nevada Sixty-Six (Rhyolite, NV)

The Right to Life, Liberty … and Recovery of Gambling Losses?

1906-1909 An allegedly underaged young man, Master Wadell, gambled at various games from poker to faro and lost big over the winter of 1906-1907. His preferred playhouse was the Sixty-Six casino in the mining town…

Games / Races: Panguingue Harolds Club (Reno, NV) It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Nevada Club (Las Vegas, NV) Reno--Nevada

Upsy-Daisy: Negligence Or Greed?

1953-1954 When customer Mrs. Curt Whitney entered the Nevada Club at 3 a.m. on a Sunday in May 1953, her shoe allegedly got caught in a hole in the floor, and she fell. More than…

California Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations Games / Races: Lotteries/Sweepstakes Games / Races: Sports Betting It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Reno--Nevada San Quentin State Prison (CA)

In the Name of Charity

1937 The Great American Football Pool (GAFP) of 1937 was to be of massive scale and the first of its kind in the U.S. The organizers aimed to sell 3 million tickets at $1 apiece…

Did You Know? Games / Races: Poker Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit McGill Club (McGill, NV) McGill--Nevada Nevada Quick Facts

Quick Fact - McGill Suit

1928 A woman named Gladys Anderson sued the McGill Club in McGill, Nevada for $5,000, which she claimed her husband had lost there playing poker. The district court, however, dismissed her case because it lacked…

Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit

The Chain Letter Of The Law

Webb's Wacky War On Poker

The Right to Life, Liberty … and Recovery of Gambling Losses?

Upsy-Daisy: Negligence Or Greed?

In the Name of Charity

Quick Fact - McGill Suit