Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel new owner is re-establishing a popular tradition that attracted thousands of visitors to the legendary downtown Las Vegas casino for over five decades. Terry Caudill, Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel owner decided to exhibit $1 million in cash on the casino floor, a tradition that entertained millions of Las Vegas tourists from the 1950s until 2000. Unlike the stack on display from 1964 to 2000, the million on display don’t have any rare $10,000 bills. It is composed only of $100 bills, $20 bills and $1 bills. The cost of getting enough $10,000 bills, which have been out of circulation since the 80’s, would have cost $16 million or more since every $10,000 bills from the old Binion's display are currently prized in around $160,000.

The money is on display in an enclosed acrylic pyramid on top of a poker table right in the middle of the casino. Casino workers brought it out last week to the surprise of tourists who happened to be there when they installed the display.

"It was pretty wild. People were taking pictures with their phones." said Binion's general manager Tim Lager

Also, Binion’s new administration have said that photos with the new cash stack are no longer free, under the new ownership, to get a photo with the stack of money visitors will need to sign up for the slot club and flop down $20 for the souvenir and $25 in slot or table play. The setup around the display includes a camera mounted on the ceiling that snaps the photos and a workstation where employees process the photos. The $1 million will be on display from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and during the rest of the day it will be locked under a stainless steel case. The poker table on which it rests is also reinforced with steel plates and each level of the acrylic casing is sealed shut and secured. There are also several cameras fixed on the money and watching every movement.

"We took all the cautions our insurance people wanted," Lager said. "It is really overkill."

The first one million-dollar display took place in the 1950s at what was then the Horseshoe Casino under ownership by Joe W. Brown. Brown got rid of the stack in 1959 and in 1964 then-owner Benny Binion gathered $1 million in $10,000 bills and brought the famous Las Vegas attraction back to life.

For decades it was one of the most popular attractions in Las Vegas, however, in 2000, the coin collector Jay Parrino bought the display for an unrevealed amount of money, ceasing an attraction that survived for over five decades.