Casino Gaming History and News

Lighting Up the Las Vegas Skyline Imagine walking down the Las Vegas strip in the evening.  The images that come to your mind might b...

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...

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. A...

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 ...

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, known as "one of the most feared and notorious gangsters of his day,"  first came to Southern Nevada in the 1930's with Me...

Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, might have "left the building," however his connection with Las Vegas lives on. Few people recall his les...

In 1958 on the corner of First Street and Fremont Street the California Club opened its doors; at the time it was located in the Heart of Las Vegas...

Howard Hughes is often hailed by his proponents and critics as either the “Savior of Las Vegas” or the “Harbinger of Corporate Vegas.” Whether you ...

  No Cash Value Chips No Cash Value (NCV) chips come in many different forms and serve many different functions with the Casinos. Poker tournament...

  When people think of Las Vegas they often only think of “The Strip” and the illusion of unbridled success and optimism that the mega-resorts and ...