Las Vegas History Archives - Page 9 of 14

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 2, 2017 in Blog, Politics | 5 comments

We Don’t Need More Prayers, We Need Tougher Gun Laws

Another mass shooting. More bloodshed. More death. More agony.

And, of course, more thoughts and prayers.

Sigh.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 27, 2017 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 3 comments

Memories of the Las Vegas Club

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The Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas was a smelly armpit of a casino, coated in a mix of disgusting bodily fluids and cheap booze, the dingy carpets dusted in cigarette ash and I adored every sick square sentimental inch of all that rotten residue and loved blowing every dumb dollar I wasted there. Here’s my recollection of the joy of tackiness.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 5, 2017 in Blog, Las Vegas, Politics | 1 comment

So, the old miser bailed on the new stadium deal — what’s next Las Vegas Raiders?

Sheldon Adelson dropped out of the local stadium deal. That places the NFL’s Oakland Raiders-to-Las Vegas move in jeopardy, or does it? Look for this stadium to be built — somehow (and the taxpayers will end up paying for it).

Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 3, 2016 in Blog, Personal, Sports Betting | 6 comments

Ghosts of Gambling Past

Yes, that’s me. Age 5. 1967.

I can’t say where and when exactly my infatuation with games of skill and chance first began, but it probably happened inside the crib. That wasn’t a baby rattler I was shaking. It was a pair of dice.

This baby needs a new pair of shoes. Seven out. Line away.

Here’s a gambling story.