Original photo of dealers and bosses at Cal-Neva casino in Lake Tahoe, 1942.
Cal-Neva Pit Crew 1942
Nevada Casino Stories on YouTube Videos
I wrote my first little story about the Primadonna Casino in Reno for my chip collecting friends in 1984. We weren't a big group, so the front side of the first of four pages had an actual post card stuck to it. Below the scalloped edges of the Reno-Tahoe Advertising post card were a few... Continue Reading →
Was there really Mob Muscle in Las Vegas?
If anything is certain in life besides Death and Taxes, it's that the Mob kept plenty of muscle in Las Vegas to protect its interests. In this case, the New York Mob started first, with a friendly visit from Meyer Lansky to the first club along what became the Las Vegas strip a dozen years... Continue Reading →
Totally Nevada Since the 1970s
I've thought Totally Nevada since I was a kid in the 1970s when we traveled through the state. There were so many things to do (skiing, horseback riding, swimming at Lake Mead and Lake Tahoe, sneaking into the Sahara pool on the Strip, and wandering the casinos looking for loose quarters in the coin trays... Continue Reading →
Al W Moe's Nevada Gaming History 