Ted Binion and his infamous death dominated headlines 20 years ago, but the Binion family has been a Southern Nevada institution for more than 70 - and nearly as notorious.įamily patriarch Benny Binion, who came to Las Vegas from Texas in 1946, worked both sides of the law at a time when state leaders were trying to establish respectability though casino regulation and clearing out the mob.īenny Binion and his wife, Teddy Jane, and their children - Jack, Ted, Barbara, Brenda and Becky - grew into a niche he established in downtown Las Vegas when he became a partner in the Las Vegas Club in 1951. Sandry Murphy walks with her attorney, Oscar Goodman, in the hallway at the Clark County Courthouse on Feb.