In 1946 Texas gambler Benny Binion came to Las Vegas and invested in J. Kell Houssels' Las Vegas Club which was at 23 East Fremont Street. After the Las Vegas Club moved across Fremont Street to the Overland Hotel in 1951, Benny Binion sold his interest in the Las Vegas Club and opened the Westerner Saloon & Gambling House in the building where the Las Vegas Club had been. Binion then sold the Westerner Saloon & Gambling House in less than a year to buy the Eldorado Club and Apache Hotel where he opened the Horseshoe Club.

The Westerner Saloon & Gambling House had other owners until 1962 when it became Club Bingo.

The Westerner 21-23 Fremont St. Opened 1950 - Closed 1960

The Westerner (1) (Binion) 5-6-1950 through 1-7-1951
The Westerner (2) (Giorgetti) 1-7-1951 through 7-21-1954
The Westerner (3) Hart et al.) 7-22-1954 through 6-1-1960

Club Bingo (Bert Quinn, Les Jones, & Sam Diamond) 8-24-1962 through 5-31-1983

5-31-1983 - Bought by the Pioneer Club for expansion

Chip scans courtesy of Andy Hughes

The Westerner TCR# N7873 $5 New 1954	The Westerner TCR# N2299 $25 New 1954	The Westerner TCR# N6616 $25 New 1954	The Westerner TCR# N2303 $100 New 1951
21-23 East Fremont St	21-23 East Fremont St	21-23 East Fremont St	21-23 East Fremont St