The Riviera Casino & Hotel » History http://rivierahotel.com An Authentic Las Vegas Hotel Experience Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 March 2013 Events in Las Vegas http://rivierahotel.com/march-2013-events-in-las-vegas/ http://rivierahotel.com/march-2013-events-in-las-vegas/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:47:33 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4813 Temperatures are finally starting to pick up (with an average high temp of 69 F and average rainfall of less than half an inch) and so are the hot activities going on at the Riviera and around town! Plus, we’ve already got our eyes on summer, and we’ve got a scorching deal for you: read [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/march-2013-events-in-las-vegas/feed/ 0 The History of Baccarat http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-baccarat/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-baccarat/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:30:24 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4495 What is Baccarat? We might thank James Bond for Baccarat’s prominence in pop culture: it’s the favored game of author Ian Fleming’s most famous spy-hero. Bond plays Baccarat in multiple Bond books and movies, like Dr. No and the 1967 version of Casino Royale. Usually regarded as a “classy,” high-stakes game frequented by high rollers, [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-baccarat/feed/ 0 Visiting The Mob Museum http://rivierahotel.com/visiting-the-mob-museum/ http://rivierahotel.com/visiting-the-mob-museum/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:55:43 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4094 The National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement 300 Stewart Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101 http://themobmuseum.org/ Sunday through Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. They don’t call us Sin City for nothing! No wonder the tourist line “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” has proven [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/visiting-the-mob-museum/feed/ 0 The History of Slots http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-slots/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-slots/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:54:34 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=4082 Introduction: Made in the USA Slots is as much about the machine as the game. As such, its history is a fascinating technological trip. It’s also one of the few classic games of chance with American origins, as opposed to all those many others with international pedigrees. Mechanical: The Liberty Bell It all started in [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-slots/feed/ 0 How craps rolled into modern gambling http://rivierahotel.com/how-craps-rolled-into-modern-gambling/ http://rivierahotel.com/how-craps-rolled-into-modern-gambling/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:00:48 +0000 devAdmin http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=3757 So far we’ve poked around the histories of several card games – blackjack, poker and roulette – but what about those other storied games of chance involving dice? Ah, dice. For millennia and across the world, everyone from people on the street to kings and emperors – like Caesar Augustus – were known to have [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/how-craps-rolled-into-modern-gambling/feed/ 0 MARJORIE BARRICK MUSEUM http://rivierahotel.com/marjorie-barrick-museum/ http://rivierahotel.com/marjorie-barrick-museum/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:40 +0000 teamriviera http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=2383 The good news: we’re going to tell you about a secret cultural hangout that most visitors to Las Vegas don’t know about. The bad news: the place is closed till the end of the Spring.  Still, it’s worth whetting your appetite and making a note on your travel plans, as the Marjorie Barrick Museum boasts [...]

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]]> http://rivierahotel.com/marjorie-barrick-museum/feed/ 0 THE HISTORY OF BLACKJACK http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-blackjack/ http://rivierahotel.com/the-history-of-blackjack/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 08:00:35 +0000 teamriviera http://www.rivierahotel.com/?p=2335 Before we get to why the Riviera Hotel & Casino offers, bar none, the best table game odds on the Las Vegas Strip, let’s take on a wee history lesson, shall we? As in, where does blackjack come from? Across zee ocean, it seems.  You see, the French have given much to the world:  Baguettes. [...]

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