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Big Benny Binion's Pile of Bills


Reporters on the tube have trouble illustrating the size of the national debt. They should have asked Benny Binion for help. Here, Benny's big bundle of bills (one million dollars on display) competes for attention from a big-hipped better. Binion founded the Horseshoe Casino in Vegas. What set the Horseshoe apart from other casinos was the lack of a betting limit. He didn't dick around with entertainers much...it was all about the play. And to prove he could cover the bets, he put a million dollars in the lobby. Read more about Benny HERE


Binion's Horshoe Real Photo Postcard circa 1955 Collection Jim Linderman

1 comment:

  1. It's a category. We must collect.

    http://tatteredandlostphotographs.blogspot.com/2009/06/sort-of-rppc-of-million-bucks-at.html

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