Benny Binion

American gambling icon (1904-1989) · United States · On the map · Founders · Died at 85

Lester Ben Binion, better known as Benny Binion, was an American casino operator who established illegal gambling operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In 1931, Binion was convicted of shooting and killing a rumrunner, Frank Bolding.

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Benny Binion with his youngest daughter Becky (eventual owner of Binion's Horseshoe) in front of the famous $1 million display - 100 United States ten-thousand-dollar bills (c. 1969).

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Poker Hall of Fame1990

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In the 1940s, he relocated to Nevada, where gambling was legal, and opened the successful Binion's Horseshoe casino in downtown Las Vegas.

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