IF YOU WATCHED THE FAMOUS MOB MOVIE "CASINO" ... THEN YOU MUST KNOW THE VERY FIRST CASINO MANAGER OF THE BRIGHTON CASINO HOTEL IN ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. "BILL ALLISON" (see photos) ...WAS HIRED TO GET THE 4TH. CASINO ON THE BOARDWALK OPENED BY AUGUST 1980. MY WIFE WAS HIRED BY HIM TO WORK AS A BACCARAT CROUIPER / DEALER. I FIRST MET MY WIFE AT CASINO CAREER INSTITUTE (ACC COLLEGE) ... WHILE TRAINING WAS GOING ON FOR THE BRIGHTON DEALERS .... HER DAD WAS FRIENDS WITH BILL ALLISON HERE IN LAS VEGAS AND SHE WAS JUICED INTO THE JOB. I CONVINCED HER TO COME TO WORK IN THE BACCARAT ROOM WHERE I WAS A SUPERVISOR AT DEL WEBB'S CLARIDGE CASINO OPENING NEXT ... AND THE REST IS HISTORY.... WE GOT MARRIED! BY THE WAY IT WAS A GOOD THING SHE DID NOT OPEN THE BRIGHTON CASINO ... BECAUSE BILL ALLISON HAD BEEN BLOCKED FROM GETTING HIS KEY CASINO LICENSE WITH NEW JERSEY'S CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION ??? .... SO BILL WENT BACK TO NEVADA AND BOUGHT THE OLD MITZPAH HOTEL IN TONOPAH. THAT ALSO DID NOT WORK OUT ... SO HE BECAME AN ACTOR AND MADE IT BIG... BILL WAS A VERY NICE MAN, IN SPITE OF HIS BAD BOY ROLES .. ... ENJOY THE PIC'S BELOW ... THANKS FOR READING ... YOUR POSTS ARE MOST WELCOMED .... RICH BURGEL ... BILL'S MITZPAH STORY L.A. TIMES... LINK IS BELOW ...

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