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How Gambling First Arrived in the Coachella Valley

Name: How Gambling First Arrived in the Coachella Valley
Uploaded: 2025-09-24T05:30
Channel: NBC Palm Springs
Description: Illegal gambling in the Coachella Valley traces back to the 1930s, when Detroit’s Purple Gang helped open the Dunes Club in Cathedral City. Though gambling was banned in Palm Springs, plush casinos flourished nearby until state crackdowns shut them down in the 1940s.

By: NBC Palm Springs

September 24, 2025

Coachella Valleygambling historyCathedral CityPurple GangAl WertheimerDunes ClubPalm Springsillegal casinos

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