Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing
Gambling
Gambling Currency: Coins
Gambling Currency: Coins: Brass
Games / Races: 21 / Blackjack
Games / Races: Panguingue
Games / Races: Poker
Games / Races: Roulette
Games / Races: Tonk
It Really Happened
Nevada
Nevada State Prison (Carson City, NV)
Gambling in the Pokey
1932-1967 Inmates strutted around the Nevada State Prison yard and jingled the brass coins or tokens, in their pockets, to boast their elevated status as winning gamblers of the pen. Beginning in 1932, convicts ran…