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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
Contributors: Gary Acquistapace, Frank Steward, Terry Shaffer, Don Lueders
CG045362 Current Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2016-12-04 Color: Dk Green
Mold: House
Logo: Spade Catalog#: N4835
Contributed by: Frank Steward
Contributors: Frank Steward, Gary Acquistapace, Don Lueders
CG045363 Current Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2016-12-04 Color: Red
Mold: House
Inlay: Inlaid Catalog#: N4822
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG045365 Current Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2016-12-04 Color: Navy Blue
Mold: House Catalog#: N4830
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG173761 Obsolete Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2016-12-04
Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: HS Gold Catalog#: E9802
Table: 1, 11 colors
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CG173762 Obsolete Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2016-12-04
Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: HS Gold Catalog#: E9803
Table: 2, 11 colors
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CG173763 Obsolete Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2016-12-04
Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: HS Gold Catalog#: E9804
Table: 3, 11 colors
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CG173764 Obsolete Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2016-12-04
Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: HS Gold Catalog#: E9805
Table: 4, 11 colors
Image Needed
CG173765 Obsolete Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2016-12-04
Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: HS Gold Catalog#: E9806
Table: 5, 11 colors
CG153191 Current Type: Roulette Chips
Issued: 1985
Added: 2015-11-19
Last Update: 2016-12-04 Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: HS Gold Catalog#: N5152.gr
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG051924 Current Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1965
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2017-04-13 Mftr: MT
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG092814 Current Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1965
Added: 2012-11-20
Last Update: 2018-01-19 Color: Brass
Mftr: FM
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Contributed by: John Genualdi
CG051953 Current Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1966
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2020-06-28 Color: Brass
Mftr: FM
Contributed by: Richard Jezeski
CG039248 Current Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1966
Added: 2017-03-15
Last Update: 2017-03-16 Color: Brass
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
1966 Proof "Franklin Nickel-Brass" Issued in plastic holder by Franklin Mint
CG122537 Current Denom: 50¢
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1967
Added: 2014-02-20
Last Update: 2021-03-15 Color: Brass
Mftr: FM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG262389 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1966
Added: 2021-03-15
Color: Silver Clad - Proof
Mftr: FM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG178740 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1969
Added: 2017-04-24
Last Update: 2021-03-13 Color: Nickel - Proof
Mftr: FM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG052825 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1979
Added: 2011-11-05
Last Update: 2021-03-13 Color: Nickel
Mftr: LM
Contributed by: Richard Jezeski
CG173424 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1988
Added: 2016-11-26
Last Update: 2016-11-26 Color: Nickel
Mftr: LM
Contributed by: Richard Jezeski
CG051923 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1990
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2021-03-13 Color: Nickel
Mftr: CT
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG171547 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1992
Added: 2016-10-22
Last Update: 2021-03-13 Color: Nickel
Mftr: CT
Contributed by: Wayne Gregory
CG051926 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2017-04-10 Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
Updated by: 2002
CG162103 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1976
Added: 2016-04-30
Color: Nickel
Mftr: Franklin Mint Catalog#: ONeal 3895
Contributed by: Don Lueders
Made for casino use, proof-like, silver clad, no sterling marking
CG162104 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1976
Added: 2016-04-30
Last Update: 2021-03-13 Color: Silver
Mftr: FM Catalog#: ONeal 0907
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG039443 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1979
Added: 2017-03-19
Color: Nickel
Mftr: LM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG274924 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1985
Added: 2021-12-14
Color: Brass
Mftr: NCM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Updated by: 2002
CG053074 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1994
Added: 2011-11-09
Last Update: 2011-11-09 Mftr: GDC
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG274962 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 2002
Added: 2021-12-16
Color: Brass
Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG051927 Current Denom: $10
Type: Slot Tokens
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2017-03-22 Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
Updated by: 2002
CG051928 Current Denom: $10
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1993
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2011-10-31 Mftr: CT
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG051931 Current Denom: $25
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1986
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2011-10-31 Mftr: NCM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG051930 Current Denom: $25
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1988
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2011-10-31 Mftr: NCM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG051929 Current Denom: $25
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 2002
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2017-03-22 Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG178038 Current Denom: $100
Type: Slot Tokens
Added: 2017-03-31
Color: Gold
Mftr: CT
Contributed by: Don Lueders
24 Karat Gold Plate .999 silver with gold plated center, weight is .75 Troy Ounces, not listed in O'Neal catalog, Harvey's name and address on obverse, $100 marked on reverse.
CG205923 Current Denom: $100
Type: Slot Tokens
Added: 2018-08-03
Color: Bi-Metalic
Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG113964 Type: Pin Backs
Added: 2014-03-10
Last Update: 2024-07-05 Color: Brown
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
Pin Back, Bill Cosby
CG234778 Type: Pin Backs
Issued: 1980
Added: 2020-01-08
Last Update: 2020-01-08 Contributed by: J. Eric Freedner (R-8501)
Pinback button, 3" diameter. First Day Tunnel Walk.
Issued in 1980 perhaps for the opening of the tunnel under Route 50 that leads to Harrah's. This would likely have been before the bombing of Harvey's in August 1980. Reverse - blank metal.
CG155530Show Casinos Denom: $1
Type: Win Cards Dealer's Tip Coupons
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.