Gaming History - Week of August 05, 2018
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| August 5th |
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| 2018 - Sunday |
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| 1932 - Willows, CA. Harold Smith, Jr. was born in Willows, CA. He was named Raymond I. Smith, after his grandfather, but had his name legally changed to Harold Smith, Jr. . |
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| 1966 - Las Vegas, NV. Caesars Palace is an AAA Four Diamond luxury hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States, situated on the west side of the Las Vegas Strip, between the Bellagio and the Mirage. The Palace was established in 1966 by Jay Sarno, who sought to create an opulent facility that gave guests a sense of life during the Roman Empire. It contains many statues, columns, and iconography typical of Hollywood Roman period productions, including a 20-foot statue of Julius Caesar near the entrance. Caesars Palace is now owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. As of 2015, the hotel has 3,960 rooms and suites in six towers and a convention facility of over 300,000 square feet . The hotel has a very large range of restaurants, including several serving authentic Chinese cuisine to cater to the wealthy East Asian gamblers. Caesars Palace is one of the most prestigious casino hotels in the world and one of Las Vegas's largest and best-known landmarks. |
| Link to: Caesars Palace Website
Link to: Caesars Palace Wikipedia |
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| 1971 - Las Vegas, NV. The Slots-A-Fun Casino is a casino on the Las Vegas Strip, owned by MGM Resorts International. It is adjacent to Circus Circus.Slots-A-Fun is independently managed. It is one of the smallest casinos operating on The Strip, and offers some of the lowest table-game betting minimums on the famed street. As of summer 2008, players could wager as little as $2.00 at craps and $1.00 at blackjack. The craps table is directly located at the main open-air entrance and, of all gaming tables in Las Vegas, is the gaming table that is physically located closest to the traffic of the Strip.
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| Link to: Slot O' Fun Wikipedia
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| 2009 - Battle Creek, MI. Firekeepers Casino opened near Battle Creek, Michigan. |
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| Near the entrance of Firekeepers |
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| August 6th |
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| 2018 - Monday |
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| 1952 - Reno, NV. Bill Fong, a Chinese businessman from Oakland, California received a gaming license for the New China Club. The Club was located at 260 Lake Street, and catered to Asian and African American customers. In September of 1958 Fong held a contest to crown a "Keno Queen"; Mrs. Ruby Roberts was the contest winner. On December 31, 1971, the gaming license at the New China Club expired, and the business closed. |
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| 2008 - Las Vegas, NV. Bob Maheu died at age 90. He was best known as the alter-ego of billionaire businessman Howard Hughes. In the late 1960s, Maheu helped the reclusive Hughes acquire Las Vegas Strip hotel-casinos, which began to rid the town of its mob influence and usher in the corporate age of gaming in Southern Nevada. |
| Link to: Robert Maheu Wikipedia
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| Bob Maheu speaking at the 2004 CC & GTCC Banquet |
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| August 7th |
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| 2018 - Tuesday |
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| 2011 - Freeport, NY. The Opus casino day cruise ship closes after a little more than a year in operation. . |
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| August 8th |
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| 2018 - Wednesday |
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| 1994 - Robinsonville, MS. Hollywoood Casino opens. |
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