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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 646950, member: 19065&quot;]I had to look up the story that you were trying to relate about the Binions, so I figured I&#039;d share some links about the story and the personages with others who may read this thread: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Binion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Binion" rel="nofollow">Benny Binion,</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Binion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Binion" rel="nofollow">Ted Binion,</a> * †&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binion%27s_Gambling_Hall_and_Hotel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binion%27s_Gambling_Hall_and_Hotel" rel="nofollow">Binion&#039;s Gambling Hall &amp; Hotel,</a></p><p><br /></p><p>* &quot;In 1998, Binion&#039;s gaming license was permanently revoked, and he was never to be associated with the family business again. Inside the basement of the casino was Ted&#039;s silver collection, housed in a floor-to-ceiling vault at the Horseshoe Club. When Ted’s ties to the family casino were severed, he had to either sell the silver or relocate it to a secure spot.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>† &quot;<b>Buried treasure</b> After his death, it was discovered by Nye County sheriff&#039;s deputies that Ted had had a 12-foot deep vault built on the desert floor on a piece of property he owned in Pahrump, 60 miles (97 km) west of Las Vegas. The concrete bunker contained six tons of silver bullion, Horseshoe Casino chips, paper currency, and more than 100,000 rare coins, including Carson City silver dollars -- many in mint condition -- estimated to be worth between $7 million and $14 million -- that were once housed in the Horseshoe vault. The Pahrump underground vault would play a huge role in the investigation into Binion&#039;s death.</p><p><br /></p><p>After Ted Binion was banned from the casino, he contracted construction of the underground vault with MRT Transport, a trucking company owned by Rick Tabish. MRT trucks were used to transport the silver to the vault, and the only two people who had the combination to the vault were Binion and Tabish.</p><p><br /></p><p>The vault was discovered two days after Binion died, whereupon Nye County sheriff&#039;s deputies arrested Binion&#039;s associate Rick Tabish and two other men unearthing the silver.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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