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Originally posted by: BAGIANT
My wife's aunts knew the casino manager there and always wound up staying there when they went to Vegas. I was just posting in another forum about how I went there for Doc's Big 10 Game of the Year.
When I won a contest back in 1969, I took my first trip to Vegas. We had a dinner show every night we were there. First night was the topless show at the Stardust. 2nd night we had a dinner show at the Sands. Dianne Carroll was one of two acts. The 2nd act we walked out on and went into the casino. Stopped by the dice pit and saw a woman put $5 on boxcars so she could eat dinner. Two sixes came out on that roll. Later on we heard a big commotion at another dice pit, and went to see what was going on. Seems that two guys from NY were on a hot roll and were up $80,000. Next day we heard that they cashed in over $100,000.
In those days, everyone was dressed to the "nines", especially on Friday and Saturday nights. There were rumors going around that young girls in their twenties, who had regular weekly jobs, were coming to Vegas to turn tricks for extra income.
Interesting story Bag's. Would have loved to see what Vegas was like back then!
I will post some other hotels later!
