Honkytonk wrote:
I stand corrected on the specific detail. I do believe Binion's daughter committed suicide at some point.
No sweat, I love the internet. So much information.
I believe Becky is still alive and well. There were two other daughters but I've never read anything about them.
You may be thinking of Ted Binion. His story is pretty sad. He was a heroin addict who "supposedly" died of an accidental overdose. His ex-stripper girlfriend and her "other" boyfriend were convicted of killing him for the money he had stashed in a vault in the desert.
CSI did an episode loosely based on the story.
They were given a retrial and subsequently released from jail. The jury, having seen the CSI episode, didn't think the forensic evidence proved they were guilty.
Only in America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Binion
For more on the original Horseshoe go to wikipeida and search on "Binion's_Horseshoe". For some reason the link won't work. I think the apostrophe causes it problems.