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Famous Cheating – In July of 1968, it was discovered that the Pioneer club was using an incomplete deck of cards at a blackjack game. Owners were fined $10k and allowed to reopen with slot machines only. (Las Vegas Behind the Tables part 2)
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Oh exterior theming, how we love, and in some cases, miss thee. I get why Imperial Palace needed remodeled; I think we can all agree on that. Would it have been cooler if they kept the theme? I submit the answer to almost always be yes. Logically I’ve accepted and celebrate what they did to her. But Harrah’s detheming from riverboat to mardi gras theme hardly requires the loss of the riverboat theme. Oh well. We have photography, shared this week by @las_when so we can fondly recall yesteryear while not being shackled to it when progress and evolution is required.
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