Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett Archives

Abner "Longie" Zwillman Arrowhead Inn (Saratoga Springs, NY) Bahamas Bank Club (Reno, NV) Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling Cuba Frank Costello Frank Erickson Fremont Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, NV) Gambling History Games / Races: Games Creators / Manufacturers: Runyon Sales Co. Gaming History Haiti It Really Happened Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay James "Piggy" Lynch Joe Adonis Joseph "Doc" Stacher Meyer Lansky Mobsters / Gangsters / Syndicate Members (Alleged) / Organizations Nevada New Jersey New York Sands (Las Vegas, NV) United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham

New Jersey Mobster Involved in Varied Gambling Businesses

1920s-1960s Joseph “Doc” Stacher (né Gdale Oistaczer)* was a New Jersey-based Mobster who made his foray into organized crime with Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Meyer Lansky’s Bugs and Meyer Mob in Manhattan, N.Y. and then…

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV) Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Rigged Roulette Wheel Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling Elmer "Bones" F. Remmer Frank "Frankie" Frost Gambling History Gaming History George Wingfield Golden Hotel (Reno, NV) It Really Happened Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay Nevada New York--New York Reno--Nevada Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV) United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham

Reno Mobsters Aid Gangster From Chicago, Raising Suspicions

1936 A man walked into the Greenleaf & Crosby jewelry store in New York’s Rockefeller Center at about 11 a.m. on Monday, January 6. Two others followed through the other entrance. “This is a stickup,”…

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Casino History Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Disseminating Horse Racing Info Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling Gambling Gambling History Gaming History 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 Co. (Wire Service) Western News Co. (Wire Service) 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)…

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Gambler (Operators/Players): Estate Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett Nevada Reno--Nevada United States Willows (Reno, NV)

An Inside Look at Late Gambler's Estate

1951 Canada-born Jack Sullivan, né John D. Scarlett, had co-owned and run the Bank Club for two decades and prior to that, the Willows (it burned down in 1932) — both Reno, Nevada casino hotspots.…

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV) Casino History Country Club (Reno, NV) Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Grafting Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Harassment / Intimidation Elmer "Bones" F. Remmer Gambling History Gaming History George Wingfield Haymarket (Reno, NV) It Really Happened Jack Sullivan / John D. Scarlett James "Jim/Cinch" C. McKay Monte Carlo (Reno, NV) Nathan "Nick" Abelman Nevada Reno--Nevada The Big Casino (Tonopah, NV) United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham Willows (Reno, NV)

Mob That Controlled Early Reno Gambling: Who, How

1920s-1930s Presumably to gain money, power and notoriety, two men controlled gambling in Reno, Nevada during the 1920s and 1930s through violence, payoffs, intimidation, threats and other gangster techniques. The industry mostly was illegal, with…