What a Trip to the Casino Was Like Before Online Bets
Today, you can bet on pretty much anything you can think of from the comfort of your own home, without having to move from your couch or touch money. It's so easy to do that even a kid can do it! And that's not great, to be honest. But it wasn't always like that. You had to actually go to a place, risk the money in your pocket, and have some fun while doing it, unless it became a problem.
Casinos were a place of luxury for those who had so much money they didn't know what to do with it. Casinos were also places to have a little fun with friends, even if you didn't have a lot to bet. Just going to have a few drinks surrounded by cigarette girls and the sound of dozens of slot machines going all at once was a nice experience.
Here's what a trip to the casino was like before online bets existed.
Las Vegas 1958
Some friends having fun when betting was just that.
Lady Luck Casino in Las Vegas
Ladies taking over slot machines since the '60s.
Honest John's and Centerfold Casinos
You can almost smell 1975's Las Vegas.
Harold's Club
Casino etiquette at its finest.
Las Vegas Strip in the '50s
Diamond Jim's Nevada Club
This was a typical ladies' night in Las Vegas in 1970.
Las Vegas 1954
Kids waiting outside for their parents, as they should.
Bellevue Casino
1928 was something else.
Los Angeles Casino in 1937
Everyone looked like a mobster back then.
Fremont Street in Las Vegas (1968)
No other place like it in the world at the time.
Tijuana, Mexico in 1961
Everybody wanted their own Las Vegas.
Las Vegas in 1953
If you went to the casino during those years, you could see the glow from the atomic bomb testing sites.
Las Vegas Strip in 1976
The Showboat Casino Las Vegas in 1955
The Bingo Room was a whole different situation.
Casino Arcade in Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1978
Pinball Machines were the new thing, and everyone wanted to try them.
Las Vegas Strip in the 1980s
Park Place Casino Hotel in Atlantic City
Going to a casino used to be a luxury experience.
Stars Casino in Tracy, CA
Those rugs were an icon of the '90s.
Aladdin Hotel Casino in Paradise, Nevada (1993)
Going to Las Vegas took you to another social class entirely.
Robert DeNiro in Casino (1995)
The movie reignited casinos around the world.
