Quick Fact - Wheel Woods
Early 1900s Manufacturer B.C. Wills & Company crafted roulette wheels out of one or more woods — boxwood, ebony, rosewood, walnut, Honduras mahogany or satin wood — that were seasoned and kiln dried in a…
Cal Vada (Lake Tahoe, NV)
Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV)
Games / Races: Bingo
Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission
It Really Happened
Lake Tahoe--Nevada
Nevada
Ta-Neva-Ho (Crystal Bay , NV)
Casinos in Bingo Trouble
1954 A brouhaha over bingo made it a memorable year for gambling at Lake Tahoe. To lure as many tourists as possible into their casinos, numerous operators offered big-ticket prizes for winners at summer’s end…
Quick Fact - Operation Penalty
1937 At a time when wide-open gambling was legal in Nevada, the penalty for operating a game of chance without a license was 60 days in the county jail or a $120 fine. Photo from…
Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Holdouts
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Murder / Killing
Francis Leo Luckett
Games / Races: 21 / Blackjack
It Really Happened
Nevada
Reno--Nevada
Tip Club (Reno, NV)
Ace of Spades Defeats Card Sharp
1930 Cheating at gambling in the early 20th century in Nevada could land a person in serious trouble. That’s exactly what happened to Francis Leo Luckett, 28. A Pennsylvania native, he’d been in Reno by…
Quick Fact - Mint Cake
1964 For its eighth anniversary, The Mint in Las Vegas, Nevada baked a mega, 6,527-pound cake in the shape of the hotel-casino. About the size of 1,363 regular 10-inch cakes, it required: • 12,960 eggs • 2,400…