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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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CG045928 Issued: 07/12/2006
Added: 2011-10-08
Last Update: 2012-08-23 Contributed by: Jim Noll
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CG045929 Issued: 05/09/2007
Added: 2011-10-08
Last Update: 2012-08-23 Contributed by: Jim Noll
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CG089313 Issued: 08/07/2012
Added: 2012-08-23
Last Update: 2012-08-23 Contributed by: Jim Noll
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CG148476 Issued: 08/03/2016
Added: 2017-10-13
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG132190 Added: 2014-07-23
Last Update: 2020-07-17 Color: White
Mftr: IPC-P
Contributed by: Robert Baker
Check Casing Card
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CG147835 Show Casinos Added: 2015-07-31
Last Update: 2020-07-17 Color: White
Contributed by: Robert Baker
Check cashing card with "Data Card" manufacturer mark (bottom right corner on reverse), lists Harvey's Resort Hotel and Harvey's Inn facilities
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CG155825 Added: 2016-01-14
Last Update: 2020-07-17 Color: White/Pink
Mftr: Addressograph
Contributed by: Robert Baker
Check cashing card with "Stateline - Lake Tahoe - Nevada" address
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CG234899 Added: 2020-01-15
Last Update: 2020-07-17 Color: White/Pink
Mftr: Addressograph
Contributed by: Robert Baker
Check cashing card with "South Shore - Lake Tahoe - Nevada" address
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CG240460 Show Casinos Added: 2020-04-29
Last Update: 2020-07-17 Color: White/Red
Mftr: Addressograph
Contributed by: Robert Baker
Check cashing card used at both Harvey's Inn and Harvey's Resort Hotel
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CG249983 Show Casinos Added: 2020-08-23
Last Update: 2020-08-23 Color: Blue
Contributed by: Robert Baker
Check cashing card used at both Harvey's Inn and Harvey's Resort Hotel
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CG219572 Added: 2019-02-16
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG219575 Added: 2019-02-16
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG222262 Issued: 1985
Added: 2019-04-05
Last Update: 2019-04-05 Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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CG222263 Issued: 1988
Added: 2019-04-05
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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CG293455 Issued: 6/1/1950
Added: 2022-10-11
Mftr: Taylor & Co.
Contributed by: David Spragg
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CG245520 Issued: 6/29/1959
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245519 Issued: 5/3/1961
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245517 Issued: 1/30/1962
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245516 Issued: 3/21/1962
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245515 Issued: 2/28/1963
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245509 Issued: 7/20/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245508 Issued: 7/29/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223465 Issued: 1966
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223458 Issued: 1968
Added: 2019-04-26
Last Update: 2019-04-26 Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223466 Issued: 1968
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245496 Issued: 2/7/1968
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245495 Issued: 6/24/1968
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223461 Issued: 1969
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223463 Issued: 1969
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223464 Issued: 1969
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223459 Issued: 1970
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223462 Issued: 1970
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG223460 Issued: 1971
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG224547 Issued: 1973
Added: 2019-06-01
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245494 Issued: 4/2/1973
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG242528 Denom: $2
Event: Bicentennial
Issued: 1/1976
Added: 2020-05-30
Color: Maroon, Cream
Inserts: 4 Navy
Mold: House
Mftr: Langworthy & Co
Inlay: R-WHITE
Quantity: 25000
Catalog#: N5150
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245493 Issued: 1/19/1976
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG242524 Denom: $2
Event: Bicentennial
Issued: 4/1976
Added: 2020-05-30
Last Update: 2020-05-30 Color: Maroon, Cream
Inserts: 4 Navy
Mold: House
Mftr: Langworthy & Co
Inlay: R-WHITE
Quantity: 15000
Catalog#: N5150
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG245492 Issued: 9/9/1976
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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CG178610 Added: 2017-04-19
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Contributed by: Bill Judge
Coin Bucket
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CG050937 Current Added: 2013-08-27
Last Update: 2013-08-27 Color: Brown
Security Patch
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CG303101 Added: 2023-04-02
Contributed by: Eric Miller
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CG155529 Show Casinos Denom: $1
Added: 2016-01-09
Last Update: 2016-01-09 Contributed by: Jim Follis
After Harrah's bought Harveys, they combined the WIN CARDS Programs at each place and reprinted tri-fold brochures, WIN CARDS and Dealer's Tip Coupons and mixed the "Harrah's" and "Harveys" branded WIN CARDS, 1 NCV chips. Purchasers of WIN CARDS packages now get a mixture of the previously used WIN CARDS chips from both Harrah's and Harveys.
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