Gaming History - Week of April 24, 2022
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| April 24th |
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| 2022 - Sunday |
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| 1946 - Las Vegas, NV. Indian Village Casino opens on Las Vegas Strip. |
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| 1950 - Las Vegas, NV. The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000. Designed by New York architect Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Strip. It was situated between Desert Inn Road and Sands Avenue.The Desert Inn opened with 300 rooms and the Sky Room restaurant, headed by a chef formerly of the Ritz Paris, which once had the highest vantage point on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino, at 2,400 square feet was one of the largest in Nevada at the time. The 9-story St. Andrews Tower was completed during the first renovation in 1963, and the 14-story Augusta Tower became the Desert Inn's main tower when it was completed in 1978 along with the seven-story Wimbledon Tower. The Palms Tower was completed in 1997 with the second and final renovation. The Desert Inn was the first hotel in Las Vegas to feature a fountain at the entrance. . |
| Link to: The Desert Inn Wikipedia
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| The Dessert Inn In 1973 |
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| 1974 - Las Vegas, NV. Royal Las Vegas Hotel & Casino opens at 99 Convention Center Drive. |
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| 1994 - Tunica, MS. Lady Luck Casino closes. |
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| April 25th |
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| 2022 - Monday |
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| 1931 - Reno, NV. Bank Club in Reno had a Grand Opening. The casino had been operating in the basement since before gambling was legal. After gambling was legalized, they renovated the ground floor and opened a nearly 5000 square foot casino, the largest in the state, at the time. . |
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| 2005 - Robinsonville, MS. Harrah's Mardi Gras closes. |
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| April 26th |
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| 2022 - Tuesday |
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| 1982 - Las Vegas, NV. Peppermill Casino opens at 3049 Las Vegas Blvd. South, on the Las Vegas Strip. |
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| 2005 - E. Chicago, IN. Harrah's Showboat Mardi Gras casino becomes Resorts Casino. |
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| 2005 - Robinsonville, MS. Resorts Casino opens. |
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| April 27th |
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| 2022 - Wednesday |
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| 1883 - Rethymnon, Crete. Nikos "Nick the Greek" Dandolos 1966) was born in Rethymnon, Crete and was a professional gambler and high roller.Dandolos was the son of wealthy parents. He attended the Greek Evangelical College and earned a degree in philosophy. When he was 18 years old his grandfather sent him to the U.S.A. with an allowance of $150 per week. Although Dandolos settled down in Chicago he eventually moved to Montreal where he began gambling on horse races.Dandolos was known throughout his life for winning and losing large sums of money. After winning over $500,000 on horse racing, he moved back to Chicago where he lost it all on card and dice games. He quickly became a master of these games, however, and became a prime attraction at casinos when he would play in them.
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| Link to: Nick "The Greek" Dandolos Wikipedia
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| Nick The "Greek" Dandolos |
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| 1998 - Las Vegas, NV. The Aladdin closed on November 25, 1997. NCL/National Content Liquidators conducted an on-site liquidation sale beginning March 5, 1998, and continued until the building was "sold out". On April 27, 1998, the entire resort was imploded at 7:27 pm, except for the Aladdin Theatre to make way for the construction of an entirely new casino. Sommer took on London Clubs International as a partner in developing the new casino resort. LCI initially paid $50 million for a 25% interest, but took on additional equity after Sommer was unable to fund his share of cost overruns on the construction. |
| Link to: Aladdin implosion
Link to: Aladdin Wikipedia |
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| 2002 - Laughlin, NV. Harrah's casino in Laughlin was the scene of a deadly confrontation between rival biker gangs. It occurred during the 20th annual Laughlin River Run, the largest gathering for motorcycle enthusiasts in the Western United States, with anywhere from 70,000-80,000 participants. The confrontation between the Hell's Angels and their rival, the Mongols, resulted in the deaths of three men. The incident occurred slightly after 2 am in the morning. Roughly 40 members of the Mongols biker gang were partying at Rosa's Cantina, a bar that was within the casino. A group of anywhere from 30 to 40 Hell's Angels entered the casino from the valet parking entrance. Casino security immediately took notice of a possible situation and moved to intercept the Hells Angels members. Shortly after, insults began to be shouted between the rival gang members. This led to a Hells Angel kicking a Mongol in the chest, touching off a massive brawl. The whole thing was caught on surveillance video. It only lasted a minute. |
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| April 28th |
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| 2022 - Thursday |
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| 1993 - Lake Charles, LA. Players Island casino opens. |
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| 1993 - Biloxi, MS. Treasure Bay Casino opens. |
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Treasure Bay Casino after Hurricane Katrina |
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| 2005 - Las Vegas Nevada . Wynn Las Vegas, often simply referred to as Wynn, is a luxury resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The US$2.7-billion resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts Limited. The resort covers 215 acres . It is located at the northeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue, directly across The Strip from the Fashion Show Mall. |
| Link to: The Wynn Website
Link to: The Wynn Wikipedia |
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$100 Baccarat Chip |
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| 2017 - Nassau, Bahamas. Baha Mar Resort Casino opens. |
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| April 29th |
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| 2022 - Friday |
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| 1989 - Las Vegas, NV. Lucky Lucy's Casino opens at 131 North 3rd Street, downtown Las Vegas . |
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| 2016 - Las Vegas Nevada. The Neon Museum officially "opened" with the installation of its first restored sign, the Hacienda Horse and Rider, at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street. In 2012 the Neon Museum Boneyard opened at 770 Las Vegas Boulevard North. The nearly two-acre campus includes an outdoor exhibition space, known as the Boneyard, which features more than 200 signs, seven of which are restored, a visitors' center housed inside the former La Concha Motel lobby and the Neon Boneyard North Gallery which houses additional rescued signs and is used for weddings, special events, photo shoots and educational programs.
The MoGH has a display case in the Neon Boneyard Gallery with memorabilia from the Golden Nugget casino in Downtown Las Vegas.
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| Link to: The Neon Museum Website
Link to: The Neon Museum Wikipedia |
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| April 30th |
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| 2022 - Saturday |
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| 1887 - Addison, VT. Raymond I. Smith, known as Pappy, was born. He operated carnival games and games of chance through the United States. In 1935 he moved to Reno to help his sons, Harold Sr. and Raymond A., manage Harolds Club. |
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| 1982 - Las Vegas, NV. Continental Hotel & Casino opens at 4100 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. |
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| 1993 - Las Vegas, NV. First CC & GTCC convention at the Aladdin Hotel. |
| Link to: CCGTCC Website
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| The Aladdin |
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| 1996 - Las Vegas Nevada . Stratosphere Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.The property's signature attraction is the 1,149 ft Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States, and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario. It is the tallest building west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the State of Nevada. The hotel is a separate building with 24 stories, 2,427 rooms and an 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) casino. The Stratosphere is owned and operated by American Casino & Entertainment Properties.While the traditional definition of the Strip excludes the Stratosphere, it is often included in travel guides as a Strip attraction. Using this alternate definition, the Stratosphere is the northernmost of the major Strip resorts, and is the only Strip hotel actually located within the City of Las Vegas. |
| Link to: The Stratosphere Wikipedia
Link to: The Stratosphere Website |
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