Casino History
Casino: Bankruptcies
Casino: Corporations: Spinning Wheel Corporation
Casino: Shutdowns
Clifford "Cliff" A. Jones
Club Cal Neva (Reno, NV)
Club Cal-Neva Inc.
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Tax Evasion
Earl Snyder
Flamingo (Las Vegas, NV)
Gambling History
Gaming History
Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Internal Revenue Service
It Really Happened
James "Jim" Contratto
Joe Wells
Las Vegas--Nevada
Marion Hicks
Nevada
Reno--Nevada
Saddle Club (Las Vegas, NV)
Sanford Adler
Silver Palace (Las Vegas, NV)
Tahoe Biltmore (Crystal Bay, NV)
The Westerner (Las Vegas, NV)
United States
IRS Swoops Down on Casino Cash
1955-1956 At 9:15 a.m. on Friday, November 11, 1955, eight U.S. IRS agents entered the Club Cal-Neva in Reno, Nevada, demanding payment of $65,000 (about $600,000 today) in overdue withholding and excise taxes. When the…