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The Dice Fall Where They May in FBI Gambling Probe, Part II

Christy and Jones Inc., Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing: Magnets, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Moving Gambling Equipment Out of State, Dewey D'Angelo, Gambling, Gambling History, Gambling Laws / Regulations: U.S. Transportation of Gambling Devices Act, Gambling: Equipment, Gambling: Equipment: Crooked, Gambling: Equipment: Manufacturers, Gambling: Investigation, Harry Bennett, It Really Happened, Jack E. Kress, Kress Manufacturing Co., Las Vegas--Nevada, Law Enforcement / Judicial System: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas, The Red Carpet (Biloxi, MS), Tulsa--Oklahoma, United Kingdom, Wilbur K. SullivanBy doresa banningMarch 3, 2021Leave a comment

1965-1969: The Red Carpet in Biloxi was cheating its craps players by using a “juice joint,” a two-ton electromagnet that controlled metal-containing dice on a game table, in 1965. At the time, Mississippi prohibited all forms of clean, never mind dirty, gambling. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation. Agents learned that Harry…

The Dice Fall Where They May in FBI Gambling Probe, Part I

Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe, NV), Casino, Casino History, Commercial Hotel/Monte Carlo Casino (Elko, NV), Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Moving Gambling Equipment Out of State, Crumley Hotel (Elko, NV), Crystal Bay--Nevada, Dunes (Las Vegas, NV), El Bo Room (Wells, NV), Elko--Nevada, Gambling, Gambling History, Gambling Laws / Regulations: U.S. Transportation of Gambling Devices Act, Gambling: Equipment, Gambling: Equipment: Crooked, Gambling: Equipment: Manufacturers, Gambling: Equipment: Seizures, Gambling: Raids, Gaming History, Golden Bank (Reno, NV), Hot Springs--Arkansas, It Really Happened, Las Vegas--Nevada, Law Enforcement / Judicial System: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Louisiana Club (Las Vegas, NV), Nevada, New Frontier (Las Vegas, NV), Riverside Hotel (Reno, NV), Stardust (Las Vegas, NV), Tulsa--Oklahoma, United States, Wells--NevadaBy doresa banningFebruary 24, 2021Leave a comment

1965-1969: In its July 1966 raid of Kress Manufacturing Co. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents seized a treasure trove of crooked gambling equipment that seemed headed to various Nevada casinos. The haul included “hundreds of decks of marked cards and hundreds of pounds of crooked dice” (Nevada State Journal, July 27, 1966).…

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