Big time gambling began in Las Vegas with the opening of Binion's Horseshoe casino in 1951. As Becky Binion Behnen would recall of her father Benny, "He loved poker players and high stakes action - in his 85 years he never encountered a bet too large to cover." The storied history of the Binions have been chronicled in various books, television shows, and news publications around the world. Their contributions to Nevada include: