Gambling Decoys: Shills, Proposition Players
1947-1979 “Neat appearing girls from 21 to 25 to shill and learn to deal games at Rolo Casino, 14 E. Commercial Row,” read a Help Wanted ad in the Nevada State Journal (June 6, 1947) for the city of Reno. A shill, as later defined by the Nevada gaming authorities, is: “an employee engaged and financed…