The Museum of Gaming History

The Museum of Gaming History is growing and we need your support. The MoGH came to life in 2014 with the showing of exhibits at the El Cortez Hotel and the Mob Museum. We are working on showing several new exhibits in the coming year. The MoGH needs your support to fund these projects. We seek to grow the hobby by expanding interest in Gaming History. Please visit the MoGH Donation page.

Museum of Gaming History
An Educational Project of The Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club, Inc.
An IRS approved 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Not-For-Profit Corporation

Dedicated to the preservation and education of Gaming History

Gaming History - Week of April 08, 2018

April 8th

2018 - Sunday

1939 - Las Vegas, NV. Mission Club, 2nd & Fremont opens, downtown Las Vegas.

1947 - Las Vegas, NV. Club Bingo open as the forth casino on highway 91, which is now called the Las Vegas strip, on July 24, 1947. The Sahara Hotel would be built later on the same location in 1952. .

1996 - Robinsonville, MS. Harrah's Mardi Gras opens.

April 9th

2018 - Monday

1951 - Las Vegas, NV. Louigi's Broiler opens at 3729 Las Vegas Blvd. S. .

1963 - Reno, NV. Poor Pete's Casino opened at 275 North Virginia Street, owned by Peter Perinati. Perinati died less than a year later, and the casino closed in October of 1964. In 1965 it reopened as the Whistle Stop.

1968 - Palm Beach, Aruba. Aruba Sheraton opens, closes in 1980. Becomes the Hart Sheraton casino.

April 10th

2018 - Tuesday

1945 - Reno, NV. The Sagehen Club, at 1099 South Virginia Street, was a locals bar that had a gaming license for 21, for less than a year.

April 11th

2018 - Wednesday

1994 - Biloxi, MS. Palace Casino opens.

April 12th

2018 - Thursday

2012 - Atlantic City NJ. The Revel hotel casino opened April 12th 2012. The Revel was the northernmost casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, located on 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land, adjacent to the Showboat Hotel & Casino. Revel opened on April 2, 2012, and closed on September 2, 2014, after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time. Later that month, on September 11, 2014, the casino reached a deal to sell itself to a developer based in Florida – Polo North Country Club - for a fee of $90 million. However, plans fell though, and Revel was sold at the September 30, 2014, auction to Brookfield Asset Management for $110 million. However Brookfield Management backed out of the deal on November 19, 2014.Revel was the third of four Atlantic City casinos to close in 2014.

Link to: Revel Wikipedia

April 14th

2018 - Saturday

1931 - Reno, NV. The Reno Club was a bar at 32 West Douglas Alley that was licensed for 21 shortly after gambling was legalized. The license was not renewed when it expired on August 30, 1931.

1981 - Atlantic City, NJ. Playboy casino opens. In April 1984 it became the Atlantis Casino and in 1996 became the Trump World's Fair Casino.

Link to: Playboy Wikipedia


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