Unionized casino workers at the
Binions, El Cortez, Four Queens, Fremont, Golden Gate, Golden Nugget, Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas Plaza, Main Street Station, and D participated in the balloting.
But for the hard-core poker player there is only one place on this earth where they want hear the words: "dealers, shuffle up and deal" -
Binions in the old town.
In January 1994 he walked into
Binions Horseshoe Casino, Las Vegas, and staked every single one of his chips on red.
The silver coins were soon replaced with chips, the cards went from souvenir playing cards to a deck once used in
Binions horseshoe in Las Vegas (the home of the world series of poker) and the betting stakes went up.
Led by John
Binions, the Black Caucus discussed the need for greater networking among Black Caucus members and better use of its portion of the GFOA Web site.
Another man, Brian
Binions, said he saw the bullock bursting through wire fences and leaping ditches.
He sees that the friendship the
Binions maintain with many of their guests is what distinguishes their casino from "the grisly, Hollywood-style palaces" along the Strip.
These notorious Five Families (the
Binions, Boyds, Gaughans, Engelstads and Elardis) still retain great political clout in Nevada, even as they are economically overshadowed by the Fortune 500 mega-casinos.
He has also been a high-roller at the world's biggest poker event in
Binions, Las Vegas, where he said: "there's always more to play for".
BILLY
BINIONS of Clonegal, Bunclody, in Co Wexford steams off down memory lane every summer at vintage rallies the length and breadth of Ireland.
MARK WALLIS, son-in-law and assistant to leading trainer Linda Jones, faces a more hectic William Hill Derby campaign than usual after winning free entry to the World Series of Poker at
Binions Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas next month.