Casino Gaming History and News

  Golden Gate Hotel & Casino The Golden Gate opened in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada.  In 1907 it was assigned Las Vegas' first telephone with the number "1."  When gambling was re-legalize...

Hoot Gibson's D-4-C Ranch Hoot Gibson was born Edmund Richard Gibson in Tekamah, Nebraska, he learned to ride a horse while still a very young boy. As a teenager he worked with horses on a ra...

The Plaza Hotel Opened in 1972 it was originally known as the Union Plaza, a reference to the Union Pacific railroad station that originally stood on the site.  The original owners of the ...

Classic Las Vegas The skyline and culture of Las Vegas has certainly changed over the last fifty years. Gone is the "Golden Age" of Las Vegas where sharply dressed tourist rubbed elbows with col...

Punchboards Punchboards were originally used in the 18th century for gambling purposes. It is a game board with small holes in it covered by paper or foil. Behind the paper or foil would be a sm...

Lighting Up the Las Vegas Skyline Imagine walking down the Las Vegas strip in the evening.  The images that come to your mind might be the Volcano in front of the Mirage erupting like...

Dig (Foundation) Chips Prior to 1987 casinos could dispose of chips and tokens as they saw fit. Many times old chips and tokens ended up at the bottom of Lake Mead or thrown down abandon mine s...

The El Rancho Hotel & Casino opened on April 3, 1941 with great fanfare.  At the time it was hailed as Las Vegas' first resort hotel. After World War II the El Rancho entered its glory ...

On February 11, 2016 the curtain will fall for the final time on the "Jubilee!"stage in Bally's Hotel & Casino.  With that final curtain an era of the iconic Las Vegas Showgirl will come to ...