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(Spinetti's) In California, Harvey Gross was in the meat business. But aside from being in the food industry, he was also into gambling. He opened Harvey's Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall in 1944.
According to the Tahoe Daily Tribune, the earliest gaming there featured only three slots and two card tables. It also had the only 24-hour gas pump in the area. During the winter season, Harvey and his wife Llewellyn made a skating rink in the parking lot to try and draw people in to the establishment.
In the 1960s, it became the first high-rise hotel in the state of Nevada. On August 27, 1980, a bomb was detonated by the FBI. The perpetrator was a down on his luck gambler who owed some casinos at least $1 million. He tried to hold hostage the area in Lake Tahoe in return for $3 million. The bomb did cause damage to the hotel and casino. However, nobody was injured. It reportedly damaged three floors of the hotel.
Though Harvey Gross passed away in 1983, the Lake Tahoe resort remained in the family. In 2001, Harrah's Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment, acquired the hotel and casino.
Today, the casino has many popular table games, poker and a sportsbook. There is a Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen restaurant. There is also a Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena where many live concerts happen. |
TCR numbers are used by express permission of SSS Publishing |
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CG053078 Current Added: 2011-11-09
Last Update: 2011-11-09 Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG053079 Current Added: 2011-11-09
Last Update: 2011-11-09 Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG149313 Current Added: 2015-08-30
Color: Blue
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
F5975
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CG149608 Current Added: 2015-09-02
Color: Blue
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG165855 Current Added: 2017-09-18
Color: Blue
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG165858 Current Added: 2017-09-18
Color: Red
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG222252 Current Issued: 1981
Added: 2019-04-05
Last Update: 2019-04-10 Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Bee 92, D5923
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CG222488 Current Issued: 1981
Added: 2019-04-10
Color: Blue
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Bee 92
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CG222253 Obsolete Issued: 1985
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Bee 92
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CG222254 Obsolete Issued: 1989
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Bee 92, N5958A
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CG222255 Obsolete Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1994
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Blue
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
1994 50th Anniversary
Black w/card reader marks, Bee 92, T7738
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CG222256 Obsolete Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1994
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Gold
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
1994 50th Anniversary
Black w/card reader marks, Bee 92, T7738
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CG222257 Obsolete Issued: 1995
Added: 2019-04-05
Last Update: 2019-04-05 Color: Purple
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Purple w/card reader marks
Aristocrat, U5910
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CG222258 Obsolete Issued: 1995
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Red w/card reader marks
Aristocrat
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CG309745 Obsolete Issued: 2014
Added: 2023-10-25
Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: A. J. Giametta
NV Advertising Deck given to registered guests. Has a red diamond pattern on back
Obsolete
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CG282928 Obsolete Added: 2022-04-10
Color: Red/Black
Contributed by: Riverboat Rick Pokracki
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CG253776 Obsolete Added: 2020-10-17
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot Glass. Curved. May have been on the front of the slot machine. 9"x4".
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CG255054 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-10
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Color: Red
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot glass; Wagon wheel details in dark blue
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Last Update: 2020-11-10 Color: Red
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot glass. Wagon wheel details in light blue
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CG255518 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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CG255519 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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CG255520 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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Last Update: 2013-08-11 Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG117645 Added: 2013-11-18
Last Update: 2021-06-03 Color: Clear
Contributed by: Virgil Foss
Updated by: Richard Siri
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CG120603 Added: 2014-01-18
Last Update: 2014-01-18 Color: Clear
Contributed by: Michael Siskin
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CG133068 Added: 2014-08-06
Last Update: 2014-08-06 Contributed by: Pat Fricke
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CG179099 Added: 2017-05-03
Color: Brown
Contributed by: Bill Judge
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CG197044 Added: 2018-03-11
Last Update: 2018-03-11 Color: Clear
Contributed by: Pat Fricke
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CG203228 Added: 2018-07-01
Color: Amber
Inlay: HS-Red
Contributed by: Ray Klann
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CG239448 Event: Anniversary
Added: 2020-04-16
Color: Amber
Inlay: HS-Red
Contributed by: James Love
40th anniversary ashtray.
Amber with red print
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CG239449 Event: Anniversary
Added: 2020-04-16
Color: Clear
Inlay: HS-Red
Logo: Wheel & Skull
Contributed by: James Love
Lightly tinted ashtray. Wheel & skull in red print.
"Harvey's" only once on the rim.
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CG239450 Event: Anniversary
Added: 2020-04-16
Color: Smoke
Inlay: HS-Red
Logo: Wheel & Skull
Contributed by: James Love
Dark smoky tinted ashtray. Wheel & skull in red print over the logo.
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CG254408 Added: 2020-10-28
Last Update: 2020-10-28 Contributed by: James Love
Clear with bluish/gray ink
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CG254457 Added: 2020-10-29
Color: Amber
Contributed by: James Love
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CG256756 Added: 2020-12-07
Color: Clear
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG266483 Added: 2021-06-01
Color: Amber
Inlay: HS-Red
Logo: Wheel & Skull
Contributed by: Richard Siri
Wheel & skull in red print. "Harvey's" only once on the rim.
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CG266541 Added: 2021-06-03
Color: Smoky
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG266542 Added: 2021-06-03
Color: Smoky
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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Color: Clear
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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Color: Clear
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG266599 Added: 2021-06-05
Color: White
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG125874 Added: 2014-04-18
Last Update: 2021-05-30 Color: Clear
Contributed by: Frank Steward
Bold text
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Last Update: 2021-05-30 Color: Clear
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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Last Update: 2016-03-08 Color: Clear
Logo: Red
Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG222801 Added: 2019-04-14
Color: Clear
Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG178610 Added: 2017-04-19
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Contributed by: Bill Judge
Coin Bucket
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CG053472 Added: 2011-11-12
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Tan
Mftr: None
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Blue text & insert arrow
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CG060033 Added: 2012-01-06
Last Update: 2020-10-10 Color: Tan
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
Purple text & insert arrow
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CG240564 Added: 2020-05-01
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Multi
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG277903 Added: 2022-01-24
Last Update: 2022-01-24 Color: Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Anton Bischof
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CG051174 Added: 2011-10-26
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Black
Mftr: None
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
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CG277904 Issued: 1999
Added: 2022-01-24
Mftr: Saflok / CSS
Contributed by: Anton Bischof
New year's Eve 1999
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CG060034 Added: 2012-01-06
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Green
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
"Try Our Great Restaurants", arrow points up, bottom line mentions "Lake Tahoe's Grand Adventure"
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CG268145 Added: 2021-07-04
Color: Green
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
"Try Our Great Restaurants", arrow points up, bottom line just says Lake Tahoe
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CG268146 Added: 2021-07-04
Color: Green
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
"Try Our Great Restaurants", arrow points down
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CG290540 Show Casinos Added: 2022-08-10
Color: Black
Mftr: Plicards
Contributed by: Anton Bischof
The Magic of Rob Lake
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CG303101 Added: 2023-04-02
Contributed by: Eric Miller
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CG027527 Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027528 Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027529 Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027644 Added: 2010-12-14
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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