Gamblers Oppose Daylight Saving Time

Casino History, Charles Mapes, Events: Daylight Saving Time, Gambling History, Gambling: Revenue, Gaming History, Harolds Club (Reno, NV), It Really Happened, Mapes (Reno, NV), Nevada, Politicians / Politics: NV Governor Vail Pittman, Raymond "Pappy" I. Smith, United StatesLeave a comment

1949 Casino owners balked when the question of going on daylight saving time (DST) arose in Nevada in 1949.   Gamblers’ Outcries Charles Mapes, owner of the Mapes hotel-casino in Reno, made a few arguments: • “It’s difficult to put on a floor show at 9 p.m. with the sun just going down. A spotlight…

Scandal Hits Gambling Watchdogs

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…