Today, Lute’s Casino is known throughout Arizona as the oldest, continually operating pool hall in the entire state. Lutes was offered the deed to the building as a payment for a debt. Now a place that has left spirits of the past and present coming back for more, Lutes Casino has been attracting customers since 1947. The sound was actually coming down from above us it seemed, and I said ‘maybe she’ll do it again if I walk this way,’ and as I walked away she started to cry and it was shocking,” said Missy, a Yuma resident.ĭuring our investigation of Lute’s Casino and the Lyric Theater, we were taken back in time. I didn’t think anything of it but my boyfriend stopped and was like ‘did you just hear a baby cry?’ So I got my phone out because we had heard two laughs from a child. As we were getting ready to walk away, a child laughed pretty loudly. “I decided to come out to the central hotel doorway and take some pictures of the staircase through the glass. Even long-time customers swear they have felt like they aren’t alone in Lute’s Casino.
