Casino Gaming History and News

Over the past year, we have done some weekly newsletters on casinos and casino chips from Sparks, Wendover, and Laughlin among other cities in Nevada. Today, we are going to focus a little bit on J...

This week, we are going to focus on a Las Vegas casino that had a few different locations during the 1960s and 1970s. According to my research, Honest John’s had locations at both 2440 Las Vegas Bl...

This week in our Las Vegas History Series, we are going to cover three casinos that were at the same address. Located at 2540 N Main Street in North Las Vegas, casino gaming began at that location ...

This week in the Las Vegas History Series, we are going to take you back to a South Florida themed hotel with the Key Largo Hotel and Casino. It was located just a mile East of the MGM Grand Hotel ...

Located at 3300 West Tropicana, this area just West of the Las Vegas Strip has had gaming since 1974. It is one of the smallest casinos no doubt, but the area became a popular stop for truck driver...

With a population of more than 90,000 people, the town of Sparks, Nevada has a lot of casino gaming. There are currently more than 10 casinos in the city. This week, I wanted to take you through so...

With this being Black History Month, I decided it would be great to do some research and pay tribute to some of the African American Casino history in Las Vegas. We, of course, know about the histo...

We are excited to announce that the 2018 World Series of Poker used tournament decks are now for sale. We just got them in. Every year, poker fans and others purchase these decks to play with and c...

From 1977 to 1979 at the address of 4600 Paradise Rd sat the El Inca Casino. The off-strip casino was one of three casinos to actually open in 1977. The other two were the Bingo Palace Hotel and Ca...