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The official segregation of Las Vegas came to an end on March 25, 1960, the day before local NAACP President Dr. James McMillan promised to “shut down the Strip” by leading a mass protest march along Las Vegas Boulevard.
The answer to the question about the Holy Cow (QoD 3/16/18) mentioned that a previous incarnation at that location was the first integrated restaurant on the Strip. This piqued my curiosity. I didn't know that, in the 1950s, racial segregation existed to a great extent outside of the South.
The story goes that Sinatra threatened to take his bat, ball, and the whole team home, never to return, unless the Strip bosses relented and they did; they made an except for Davis, Jr. That started the integration ball rolling and in 1960, the Mississippi of the West lifted all Jim Crow restrictions, desegregating Las Vegas.
Casino Royale used to be my first stop in Vegas with $5 craps, two end roulette and watery draft beers. It is where a lot of us learned to play craps. Didn't matter where we stayed, Casino Royale was on the list of places to go.
Played a strategy play that I've tried a few times and upped the bet to 10 buck on next spin and lo and behold back to back bonus on buzz saws this time. Buzz saw feature set me up with 4 wood houses to start. End with 4 mansions and less houses, but hit 2 minis and a major coin and gained 970. At this point, was over 1400.
Jess Marcum, Mathematical Genius, and the History of Card Counting by Allan Schaffer, Ph.D.(From Blackjack Forum Volume XXIV #3, Summer 2005)© 2005 Blackjack Forum [Editor’s Note: The thing that keeps striking me about Jess Marcum is the depth and intensity of respect and loyalty to him of the people who actually knew him and his achievements. Marcum […]
Finally, the bankruptcy judge put an end to the circus and the IRS auctioned off the furnishings to help pay the back taxes -- and the national debt. (LVA's Deke Castleman waited in line for an hour to enter the brothel and view the property for sale, so he could write about it for his travel guide, Nevada Handbook. "The reason the line was so ...
Did you notice it this time? In April, the monthly promotion was two separate casino-wide progressives going on at all times. One from $10,000 to $25,000, where non-winners received $25 in free play when it went off, and the second one between $1,000 and $2,500.
The multi-parameter approach was carried even further in many of the high-end professional-level systems. Pros had strategy charts available which allowed them to use as many as half a dozen side-counts with Hi-Opt I, Hi-Opt II, and the DHM Professional system.
The food is pretty typical for a Mexican place, whether vegan, flex, or meat-based. The menu has antojitos, such as chips and salsa, nachos, guacamole, and elote ($5-$16), veg soup and salads ($6-$17), a couple of dozen different tacos ($4-$6, with a three-taco platter, the most popular choice, at $18), burritos ($11-$20), and desserts ($6-$9).