When offshore gaming was literally just offshore

Storms off the coast of California have exposed a piece of gaming history. Specifically, the wreck of the S.S. Monte Carlo, a former casino ship that got around 1930′s gaming laws by anchoring three miles offshore in international waters. Water taxis would bring customers out to the ship that advertised “drinks, dice and dolls” until a storm tore it from anchor and ran it around on New Year’s Eve in 1936. Read more.

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