Shrouded in Mystery: Gambler Tony Cornero’s Fleeting Marriage

Accidents, Accidents: Automobile, Beverly Hills-California, California, Divorce / Annulment, Gambling History, Gaming History, It Really Happened, Las Vegas--Nevada, Lux (offshore, Southern CA), Meadows (Las Vegas, NV), Montmartre Club (Havana, Cuba), Nevada, Rex (offshore, Southern CA), S.S. Rex (Las Vegas, NV), Stardust (Las Vegas, NV), Tony Cornero / Antonio Cornero Stralla, United StatesLeave a comment

1941 The brief union between Tony and Dorothy Stralla ended in a suspicious tragedy. Antonio Cornero Stralla was a colorful, law defying, Southern California rumrunner turned gambler. He was involved, most often as the owner/operator, in a string of casino enterprises,  including the: • Meadows (Las Vegas, Nevada) • S.S. Rex (Las Vegas, Nevada) •…

Quick Fact – Third Time’s A … Gamble

Bobbie Gentry, Casino History, Did You Know?, Divorce / Annulment, Gambling History, Gaming History, Harrah's (Reno, NV), Harrah's Lake Tahoe (Stateline, NV), Nevada, Quick Facts, Reno--Nevada, United States, William "Bill" F. HarrahLeave a comment

1969-1970 Casino magnate, William “Bill” F. Harrah, 58, married country artist, Bobbie Gentry, 27, in St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Reno, Nevada on December 18, 1969 with only members of the wedding party present. The union was Harrah’s third (of seven), Gentry’s first. The marriage lasted four months, with the couple receiving a divorce decree…