Quick Fact – Casino Trendsetter

Casino History, Chico Marx, Commercial Hotel/Monte Carlo Casino (Elko, NV), Did You Know?, Elko--Nevada, Entertainment, Gambling History, Gaming History, Lawrence Welk, Nevada, Newton Crumley, Paul Whiteman, Quick Facts, Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, The Andrews Sisters, United StatesLeave a comment

    1941 Nevada casinos are known for their big-name entertainment, and it all started in the city of Elko. In spring of 1941, Newton Crumley, owner of the Commercial Hotel and its Monte Carlo Casino, engaged Ted Lewis, bandleader-singer-entertainer-popular radio star, to perform there for a week for $12,000 (about $196,000 today). Other stars…

Casino Criminal Loses Control

Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling, Elko--Nevada, It Really Happened, Nevada State Prison (Carson City, NV), Stockmen's Hotel (Elko, NV)Leave a comment

1954 Late on a Saturday night in 1954, during the peak of business, an unemployed, 27-year-old railroad hand entered the Stockmen’s Hotel in Elko, Nevada where townspeople, miners, ranchers and tourists congregated to socialize, drink and gamble. Silvus Armandus approached the casino cashier’s cage and demanded: “Hand over your money and don’t make a sound.” The…