Hotel-Casino Landlord, President Nixon Transact Win-Win Deal

Calvin Kovens, Carousel Casino (Las Vegas, NV), Casino History, Casino: Financings: Teamsters Pension Fund: James "Jimmy" R. Hoffa, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Fraud, Ethnic Groups: Jewish Americans, Federal Prison Camp, Elgin (Fla.), Florida, Gambling History, Gaming History, Incline Village--Nevada, It Really Happened, Miami--Florida, Nevada, Politicians / Politics: Richard Nixon, The Sierra Tahoe (Incline Village, NV), U.S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg (Pa.), United StatesLeave a comment

1924-1995 A Miami, Florida businessman and convicted felon, involved with at least one Nevada casino in the 1960s, later got special consideration from President Richard M. Nixon.   Gambling History Calvin Kovens bought The Sierra Tahoe hotel-casino in 1966, defying Nevada gambling authorities’ order that he not become involved with the resort. He acquired the…

Quick Fact – Political Bets

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1960 Bookies throughout Nevada had been taking wagers right and left on who’d win the upcoming U.S. presidential election — Senator John F. Kennedy (Dem.) or Vice President Richard Nixon (Rep.). Suddenly, in November, they were forced to stop doing so when a news story was published about the forgotten Silver State law of 1919…