Benny Binion 1979 Interview

Another lost piece from the former YT vaults of KLAS. This time, it’s a rare TV interview with Vegas legend Benny Binion in a segment from PM Magazine that aired on the channel.
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[@HermanIngram]

That generation is SORELY missed.

[@closer71]

My grandpa’s older brother shared a cell at Leavenworth with Benny for six years.

[@naomitims4521]

That’s pretty cool

[@samiam7342]

wow, I have never heard him talk before......this is probably one of two times he ever did an interview on camera......thanks for posting!!!

[@OGecalien]

I’m a poker player by trade now. Been grooming myself for 14 years. I have a neighbor I push around in a wheelchair to gamble. He loves the machines. I have more fun watching him win than when I run really good. I understand what Mr. Binion is saying.

[@jhonfamo8412]

I do to.

[@altt-check1-2]

I can’t see any of your poker results on Hendon ?

[@capt.obvious4487]

@@altt-check1-2 He could be just playing underground games.

[@mjp5689]

Benny was the SHIT. NEED more men like him again !

[@pablopence2429]

Man thats a badass man right there

[@techurious4913]

We can learn a lot from those little comments thrown in here and there

[@nicklv7554]

Thx for the upload

[@bkh5648]

A legendary orphan! Steel blue eyes.

[@tylerjoyner9865]

Dude was a career criminal

[@portugal5698]

Lmfao and so are most politicians

[@T8RZTOTZ]

This old school smoked at least 5 folks

[@altt-check1-2]

Wow , great upload

[@omegaman1409]

77 and he still handles himself like a bull.

[@hey_buddy_waz_up]

He seems like a genuinely nice guy, but at the same time, he seems like someone you do not want to fuck with.

[@portugal5698]

Yep. A *REAL* man and American at that, w/ the integrity and vibe of those like our grandfathers before us!

[@A_r78]

@@portugal5698yes and racist

[@MegaEpicGamingGuy]

@@A_r78 good

[@modickens1272]

​@@A_r78intelligent also

[@robertajohnson2963]

They don't make them like they use to anymore...nothing but punks nowadays

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

a good man at heart ...badass by nature . dont cross benny . they will find you in the sand

[@novakattila]

Legend

[@AlexGledhill237]

He was THE MAN. An absolute legend. Love live Binion's in Vegas

[@trixie9867]

Benny Binion welcomes people in wheelchairs - i like that

[@danielb27]

Really tho its wonderful. Shame today's standards

[@bradcleveland2482]

My father is a binion

[@naomitims4521]

He was pretty amazing

[@raymondsykes2954]

The guys who came up in this time period where so lucky. They had so much opportunity. You try now days to open a casino there's no way it'll work. At all. Not only that it costs 50x what it did to build one and the land for it now. All they had to do was have some money or get a loan from the bank and they could make it. Now days that's just not possible anymore in this type of field.

[@trixie9867]

love it love it

[@pellajoe]

They dont make em like this anymore

[@aceshott3548]

I like how this video is trying to make him seem like a harmless old man when he’s a murderer

[@MarcB578]

Anybody knows what is this music in second part of video?soooo goood

[@BRadgambler]

He's definitely the coolest gangster you could ever wanna know. And no, I'm not saying he was in a gang - saying he WAS a gangster, big difference...

[@nicogambino8425]

He was a murderer look up his history he's in Sheol now

[@johnmac91]

You're 100% correct. Benny Binion is known to have killed at least two people (and probably more) in Texas gang wars before coming to Vegas. To his credit, he was known to run a good casino, but he was a mean SOB, and not a man to be messed with.

[@RagedContinuum]

he was a POS for having herbert noble (and his wife) murdered

[@HANNAHLUMERIA-it5rw]

That's gorgeous open land! I prefer being around animals. Small animals. Birds. My xs mothers BF had his ear born off by a horse. I didn't see that I was told , so , who knows.

[@tommyfu9271]

Its a shame what Binions has turnes into. The place is a ghost town now.

[@TSBS]

What’s the song at the first secs of the video cowboy tune

[@teddymokoena7480]

You can smell a hot pot of beans😊

[@bennycasino]

Does anyone know the song at the end?

[@norriaty]

It’s called “Kamali” by Herb Albert.

[@TedLeRoyII-eo6go]

God bless the old strip... Money on the table in a crapshoot..

[@JT-25]

Dana White 🎉

[@benjaminlopez7487]

Snitch

[@saukrates420]

Benny was a grifter