Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer Archives

California Casino History Frank "Frankie" Frost Gambler (Operators/Players): Death Gambling History Gaming History It Really Happened Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno Johnny Rosselli Los Angeles-California Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer Nevada Nevada Club (Reno, NV) Reno--Nevada Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV) Sam "Momo" Giancana United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham

Investigation of the Death of Mobster-Gambler Mert Wertheimer

1958 Myrton “Mert” C. Wertheimer was murdered, William “Bill/Curly” J. Graham ordered the hit and Frank “Frankie” Frost carried it out. This was hearsay from Los Angeles Mobster and made man, Aladena James “Jimmy/The Weasel”…

Casino History Florida Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations: FL Slot Machines Law, 1935 Games / Races: Craps Games / Races: Roulette Games / Races: Slot Machines / Fruities Gaming History It Really Happened Miami--Florida Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer Royal Palm Club (Miami, FL) United States

Gambler Adds Device to Get Roulette, Craps Defined as Slot Machines

1937 After Florida legalized slot machines in 1935, casino operator Myrton “Mert” Wertheimer, 53, devised a way to also get craps and roulette, unlawful at the time, allowed under the new rule. (Previously, only dog…

Alfred "Al" J. Wertheimer Aniwa Club (Detroit, MI) Bernard "Mooney" Einstoss Bonanza Club (Reno, NV) California Casino History Cathedral City--California Cheboygan--Michigan Chesterfield Club (Detroit, MI) Chesterfield Syndicate (Detroit, MI) Cleveland--Ohio Clover Club (West Hollywood, CA) Colonial Billiard Parlor (Detroit, MI) Colonial House (Palm Springs, CA) Colonial Inn (Hallandale Beach, FL) Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling Daniel "Danny" W. Sullivan Detroit--Michigan Dunes (Cathedral City, CA) Florida Frank Grannis Gambling Gambling History Gaming History Hallandale Beach--Florida It Really Happened Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman Kaufman's Plantation (Hallandale Beach, FL) Leo Kind Lincoln Fitzgerald Louis "Lou" Wertheimer Mapes (Reno, NV) Meyer Lansky Miami--Florida Michigan Model Billiard & Bowling Parlor (Cheboygan, MI) Monte Carlo (Detroit, MI) Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer Nevada Nevada Club (Reno, NV) New Cheboygan Billiard & Pool Hall (Cheboygan, MI) Ohio Palm Springs--California Park Avenue Health Club (Detroit, MI) Purple Gang Raymond Reuben "Ruby" Mathis Reno--Nevada Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV) Robbin and Robbin / Robbins' Nevada Club Royal Palm Club (Miami, FL) Shawnee Club (Cleveland, OH) United States Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo West Hollywood--California

Three Brothers Build Legacy in 20th Century U.S. Gambling

1907-1958 Wertheimer was their name. Three of these four Michigan-born brothers became full-fledged, successful gambling operators in the first half of the 1900s, their reach spanning five states: Michigan, Ohio, Florida, California and Nevada. “As…

Belle Livingstone Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV) Casino History Casino: Takeovers Charles Rennie Chesterfield Syndicate (Detroit, MI) Clarence Shockey Crystal Bay--Nevada Daniel "Danny" W. Sullivan Gambling History Gaming History Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Reno City Council (NV) Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Reno City Council (NV): William A. Justi 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--Nevada Robbin and Robbin / Robbins' Nevada Club Ta-Neva-Ho (Crystal Bay , NV) The Cowshed (Reno, NV) United States William "Bill/Curly" J. Graham

Mobsters Horn in on Northern Nevada Gambling Clubs

1929-1941 In the early decades of legal gambling in Nevada, Reno’s McKay/Graham combine expropriated legitimate business owners’ casinos in Washoe County. The local Mob, headed by William “Bill” Graham and James “Jim” McKay, strove to…

Bank Club (Reno, NV) Casino History Gambling Gambling History Gambling Laws / Regulations: Streeter Plan for Nevada (Proposed) Gaming History It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Chicago Crime Commission Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Washoe County D.A.--Nevada Meyer Lansky Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer Nevada Politicians / Politics: Jack Streeter Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV) United States

Plan: Eject Mobsters from Nevada Gambling

1954 “If the Streeter suggestion should catch fire and the state took over gambling, it would be the damnedest experiment tried in the United States, and Nevada would have more hoodlums per square block than…

Dennis Day Entertainment It Really Happened Myrton "Mert" C. Wertheimer Publicity Stunts / Promotions / Advertisements Reno--Nevada Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV)

Now, That's A Publicity Stunt

1951 The Irish tenor, Dennis Day, was about to begin a singing engagement at the downtown Riverside hotel-casino in Reno, Nevada in the summer of 1951. Day is known for his appearances on the Jack…