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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 12, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, World Series of Poker | 0 comments

Remembering Jackie Gaughan

Jackie Gaughan in 1965

Casino pioneer Jackie Gaughan in 1965, in front of his El Cortez Hotel and Casino

The name Jackie Gaughan might not be as well-known as other Las Vegas icons. In a town built by Binion, Hughes, Kerkorian, Wynn, and others, he was one of the support beams behind all the flashy neon.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 13, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 4 comments

Binion’s Horseshoe Bonus Stories

Some great stories from the old days of Binion’s Horseshoe.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 13, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 5 comments

The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Conclusion)

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Photo by Ulvis Alberts (2002 WSOP)

This is the final segment in my trilogy on the closing of Binion’s Horseshoe.

Read PART 1 here and PART 2 here.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 10, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Personal, World Series of Poker | 8 comments

The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 2)

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with Becky Binion-Behnen in 2003

Read Part 1 HERE.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 9, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal | 18 comments

Ten Years Ago Today: The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 1)

Today is January 9th, 2014.

Ten years ago today, a Las Vegas landmark was forcibly shut down.

Binion’s Horseshoe, the crumbling ruin of a former empire and the final vestige of the Old West that had once transformed dusty Las Vegas into a neon-lit magnet of vice, shuddered its windows and padlocked its doors.