Milton Prell and the courage to riskMilton Prell și curajul de a risca
by Bogdan Fechită Milton had the courage to risk. In a time when Las Vegas didn’t represent an attraction, the American born in Saint Louis took an inspired decision: to build a casino on the boulevard that would be known in time as the famous area The Strip. Sahara Hotel & Casino has been for decades an attraction in the city of gambling, also due to the oriental appearance instilled by its founder. The...
Sam Boyd, from roulette dealer to casino builderSam Boyd, de la dealer de ruletă la proprietar de cazinou
Arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941 with only $80 in his pocket Samuel A.“Sam” Boyd was able to work his way up through the gaming industry by first working as a dealer, then as a pit boss, after that as a shift supervisor and in the end like as casino owner. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Boyd began his career in the gaming industry in 1928, when he ran bingo games on a gambling ship offshore Long Beach, California. When offshore gambling...
Jackie Gaughan – a Las Vegas dinosaur Jackie Gaughan – un „dinozaur” al Las Vegasului
Jackie Gaughan is a Las Vegas gaming icon. From his first glimpse of the city in 1943 as a soldier based at the Las Vegas Airbase (now Nellis AFB), to overseeing the downtown Las Vegas casino empire he built, he has always been enamored with the „City of Lights” he calls home. John D. „Jackie” Gaughan was born Oct. 24, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska to Michael and Kitty Gaughan. As a boy, he had early exposure to...
