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Gambler (Operators/Players): Minors Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations It Really Happened Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit Rhyolite--Nevada Sixty-Six (Rhyolite, NV)

The Right to Life, Liberty … and Recovery of Gambling Losses?

1906-1909 An allegedly underaged young man, Master Wadell, gambled at various games from poker to faro and lost big over the winter of 1906-1907. His preferred playhouse was the Sixty-Six casino in the mining town…

Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing Ernest Dennison Gambling Gambling Laws / Regulations Games / Races: Chuck-a-luck It Really Happened Nevada

Animals Run Roadside Zoos

1940s A spate of “roadside zoos” opened along various Nevada highways, typically in rural areas, during the late 1940s. The owners were hustlers who lured unsuspecting tourists onto their grounds with the promise of seeing…

Ghost Casino (Rhyolite, NV) It Really Happened Norman C. Westmoreland Rhyolite--Nevada

The Ghost Casino's Disappearance

1937-1947 The bustle and liveliness of this casino have long been dead. All that remains is a specter of the club’s former self in the form of a rundown, abandoned building — a state befitting…