From the ostentatious outside of the Golden Nugget to the more pedestrian inside, in this case the Bingo Hall. Bingo was a very popular gambling activity during this era, and it lives on as Keno, a more passive and less attention-intensive game. The wall-mounted number boards displayed below are typical of the Keno screens common in casinos today. The very formal and fixed layout of tables and stools reminds one of a set of long lunch counters from that time.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago ‘C.T. Photochrom’ Post Card
The description states:
BINGO ROOM
THE GOLDEN NUGGET
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The new palatial Bingo Room, in Nevada’s largest and most glamorous casino. The Golden Nugget, in Downtown Las Vegas, is the most modern and luxurious in the world. Every day thousands play this favorite game of chance.
–It is likely that, with the waning popularity of Bingo, its replacement with Keno, and the incredible surge in popularity of slot machine games, that this room has been converted to other uses in the intervening decades.
This postcard was used, and has a postmark of 27 July 1953.
I am coming to Vegas on Sept. 1/16 and would like some information about the Golden Nugget Bingo’s. Are there bingo’s everyday? What does it cost to play. How long is each session, what is the prize board like…. I would appreciate any information you can send me.
Thankyou
Judy Thompson
Unfortunately, to find the information you are requesting it would require contacting the Nugget casino, which still provides Bingo gambling. I can point you to a website that gives a lot of information about where to go and how the games are arranged, but beyond that you will have to call these establishments directly:
https://www.vegas.com/gaming/bingo/
Needing Bingo information for Golden Nugget in Las Vegas around September 5th thru 6th
2024 timeframe
Unfortunately, I am only sharing old postcards of places my family has visited. I don’t have any current information about the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, except to point you to their website where you can call for information obout Bingo. https://goldennugget.com/las-vegas/
I suspect they do not have it any more.