The Museum of Gaming History

The Museum of Gaming History is growing and we need your support. The MoGH came to life in 2014 with the showing of exhibits at the El Cortez Hotel and the Mob Museum. We are working on showing several new exhibits in the coming year. The MoGH needs your support to fund these projects. We seek to grow the hobby by expanding interest in Gaming History. Please visit the MoGH Donation page.

Museum of Gaming History
An Educational Project of The Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club, Inc.
An IRS approved 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Not-For-Profit Corporation

Dedicated to the preservation and education of Gaming History

Gaming History - Week of May 05, 2019

May 5th

2019 - Sunday

2001 - Hammond, IN. Empress casino closes, becomes Horseshoe casino.

May 6th

2019 - Monday

1950 - Las Vegas, NV. The Westerner opens at 23 Fremont Street, downtown Las Vegas.

May 8th

2019 - Wednesday

1892 - Reno, NV. Lew Hymers was born, in Reno, Nevada. Lew Hymers was an artist and caricaturist whose work was used on numerous casino ads, matchbooks, postcards and even a casino chip, in the 1940's and 1950's.

An ad by Lew Hymers

1931 - Reno, NV. The New York Club opened at 224 North Center Street. The glamorous Club was designed to appeal to ladies, both local and those who were in town to establish the residency required to obtain a divorce. In 1935 the Greyhound Company bought the club, and established a bus depot at that location.

1940 - Reno, NV. Martin's Bar, at 22 East Commercial Row, was licensed for poker only. It closed less than eight months later.

1992 - Badsteben, Germany. Harold Smith, Jr. passed away at the age of 59, in a cancer clinic in Germany.

May 9th

2019 - Thursday

1994 - Tunica, MS. Treasure Bay Casino opens.

2006 - Las Vegas, NV. Boardwalk became a public corporation (Boardwalk Casino, Inc.) in 1994. The carnival facade was built the following year and a 15-floor, 451-room tower was finished in 1996. It was later acquired by Mirage Resorts in 1997. When MGM took ownership in 2000, the Holiday Inn name was dropped.The hotel and casino closed on January 9, 2006, and the main hotel tower was imploded on May 9, 2006. The property is now the location of CityCenter.

Link to: Boardwalk Implosion

May 10th

2019 - Friday

1962 - Reno, NV. The United Club Room, 27 East Douglas Alley, was licensed for slots, blackjack and poker. It operated until October 21, 1964.

May 11th

2019 - Saturday

1935 - Las Vegas, NV. Frontier Club opens at 117 East Fremont Street, downtown Las Vegas.

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