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Las Vegas casino pioneer a footnote in Southern California slaying

Las Vegas casino pioneer a footnote in Southern California slaying

Posted on May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 by James Riter

A high-profile murder in 1950s Southern California at the former home of a Las Vegas casino operator led to the…

After the four-casino blitz of 1955, Life magazine speculated about the sustainability of the boom. The new casinos had to keep up with the big budgets of successful casinos such as the Desert Inn, which paid British musician Noël Coward, pictured here, $40,000 a week. The Mob Museum Collection

Casino boom added four new properties to Las Vegas 70 years ago

Posted on May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 by James Riter

Seventy years ago, in April and May of 1955, Las Vegas welcomed four new hotel-casinos in a six-week period. This…