Casino chips (technically cheques unless at the roulette table) have long been a part of the gambling experience. Easier to use and harder to counterfeit than cash, chips come in all different designs and colors, though generally hold the same size from casino to casino. One exception is the “plaque” which is usually used in(…)
“The List of Excluded Persons” or as most know it, the infamous “Black Book” originated in 1960 with 11 names, all tied in some way directly to organized crime. Famous mob names like Civella, Spilotro, and Rosenthal have been included on the list. The current black book contains 34 people, with only one remaining from(…)
Neon: the classic Las Vegas art form. Neon signs have been prevalent in Vegas since the early 1930s. With the opening of each new casino came a new and more brilliant sign, many of which were designed and manufactured by the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), which built a satellite office inside the Apache Hotel(…)
What Vegas blog is complete without acknowledging those things in Vegas that are among the world’s largest. One such thing is a strip club. And that strip club is of course the Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen’s Club. Featured in a number of television shows and movies, it is the world’s largest gentlemen’s club, at over(…)
When Jay Sarno began constructing his casino on the Vegas Strip, he struggled to come up with a fitting name for it. He originally liked Desert Palace, but eventually decided on Caesars Palace because he wanted guests to think of royalty when in his casino. To that end, he named it “Caesars” and not “Caesar’s”(…)
We know that the Sin City of the 40s featured the brothels and sawdust joints downtown, but when did the bare skin make it to the Strip? The Dunes was the first casino in Nevada to offer a topless show. It debuted in 1957 and was named Minsky’s Follies. This extravagant revue was modeled after(…)