GAMBLING FOR GHOSTS: Vegas Casino Offers $5,000 to Hunt Its Own Ghosts
GAMBLING FOR GHOSTS: Vegas Casino Offers $5,000 to Hunt Its Own Ghosts  
Podcast: Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Published On: Thu Oct 16 2025
Description: A Las Vegas casino is offering $5,000 to anyone who can prove it's haunted—but the El Cortez won't officially acknowledge the contest, as if management knows exactly what lurks in the basement where mobsters' ashes were discovered. The winner gets ghost-hunting gear and access to restricted areas where transparent hands reach from darkness and a dead mobster named Fat Irish Green still guards Bugsy Siegel's money, decades after both men died.Read the article: https://weirddarkness.com/casino-ghost-hunt-contest/Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.#WeirdDarkness #HauntedVegas #GhostHunt #TrueCrime #LasVegas #Paranormal