Floating Casinos
The Mississippi Riverboats of the 19th century were floating casinos, luxury hotels, and lawless stages for the world's most dangerous poker games. Between the 1830s and the Civil War, over 1,500 professional gamblers worked the waters between New Orleans and St. Louis, giving rise to an era of incredible deception and brutal frontier justice.

Lynch Mob
In 1835, a Vicksburg, Mississippi vigilante group was formed and Lynched a number of gamblers. As riverboat travel boomed the towns along the Mississippi River became overrun with gamblers who routinely fleeced locals using rigged games. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the public's patience snapped.

Hang'em High
During a Fourth of July celebration, a professional gambler insulted a local militia officer, sparking a riot. The citizens formed a vigilante mob, marched on the gambling dens, and ordered all gamblers to leave town within 24 hours. Five prominent card sharks refused to leave, barricaded themselves in a house, and shot a local doctor. The mob stormed the building, dragged the five gamblers to the center of town, and hanged them publicly without a trial.