Winchester Books: 2 books
Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas
How Jay Sarno Won a Casino Empire, Lost It, and Inspired Modern Las Vegas
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Jay Sarno built two path-breaking Las Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace (1966) and Circus Circus (1968), and planned but did not build a third, the Grandissimo, which would have started the mega-resort era a decade before Steve Wynn built The Mirage. As mobsters and accountants battled for the soul of...
Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling
Casino Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
This revised, updated, and extended new edition of the original, award-winning Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling traces the development of gaming from the first rolls of the bones in paleolithic time to the current growth of online poker.
Some of the topics covered include:...