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Horseshoe (1950-1966)- 128 Fremont St.
A: Yes, Becky Behnen, when she took over Binion's Horseshoe more than a decade ago, sold off the hundred $10,000 bills in the original million-dollar display. The new owner of Binion's, Terry Caudill (who also owns the Four Queens across Fremont Street), has put up a new display of a million dollars. It's displayed in an acrylic pyramid atop a poker table in the center of the casino and consists of $270,000 in $100 bills, $688,000 in $20 bills, and $42,000 in $1 bills. The cash is viewable from 10 am to 10 pm daily; during off hours it’s locked under a stainless-steel shell. A Binion’s spokesman said that restoring the original display of one-hundred $10,000 bills would have cost $16 million or more (recently, one of the original $10,000 bills was selling on the eBay for $160,000). In the days of the original Horseshoe million, you could get your photo taken with the cash for free, but not this time around. To get a photo, you have to have a players club card registering $25 in slot or video poker play, plus you have to pay $20 for the photo print.
Benny Binion, a gambler from Dallas, Texas, purchased the Eldorado Club in 1951 and changed the name to Binion's Horseshoe Club. The Eldorado Club was located at 128 East Fremont Street on the corner of Second Street in the Apache Hotel. In 1958 Benny had to go back to Texas to serve time in jail for income tax evasion and relinquished the casino to Joe W. Brown. While Benny was away, Joe Brown changed Binion's name on everything to his name. When Benny got back to Las Vegas on April of 1960, he changed the name back to just Binion's Horseshoe.
Binions Horseshoe Hotel & Casino - Image Gallery Chip scans courtesy of Ross Poppel and Silver State Treasures Click on picture for full-size view | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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