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Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Extortion, Gambling License, Games / Races: 21 / Blackjack, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission: Dudley Kline, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Tax Commission: Robbins Cahill, It Really Happened, Leo Quilici, United States, Wells--NevadaLeave a comment

1953-1955 In fall 1953, John “Fat Jack” Galloway was playing the card game, 21, at Leo Quilici’s hotel-casino, the El Rancho Hotel, in Wells, Nevada. Fat Jack himself, in his early 40s, was the operator of a gambling saloon located 8 miles west of Fallon. Beforehand, he’d been employed as a dealer at Lake Tahoe…