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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. |
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CG027451 Current Denom: $1
Type: Win Cards Chips
Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2019-09-20 Color: Dk. White
Mold: Unicorn
Inlay: HS-Red
Logo: WIN CARDS
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG009589 Obsolete Denom: $1
Type: Win Cards Chips
Issued: 2000
Last Update: 2020-08-23 Color: White
Mold: Unicorn
Inlay: HS-Red
Catalog#: V4516
Contributed by: Gene Lonstein
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CG120396 Obsolete Denom: $1
Type: Win Cards Chips
Issued: 2004
Added: 2014-01-14
Last Update: 2020-08-23 Color: Off-White
Mold: Unicorn
Inlay: HS-Red
Catalog#: V4516.1
Contributed by: Gene Lonstein
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CG260767 Obsolete Type: Tokens - Other
Issued: 2013
Added: 2021-02-23
Color: Brass
Contributed by: Dennis Berry
Phish Summer Tour 2013, Stateline, NV 7/30 & 31
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CG047468 Current Type: Tokens - Other
Added: 2014-12-08
Last Update: 2017-04-16 Color: Green
Mftr: Plastic
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Square, 28mm, Free Drink
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CG178277 Current Denom: $25
Type: Tokens - Other
Added: 2017-04-10
Color: White
Inlay: HS-Red
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
32mm, Good for One Free Drink
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CG178275 Current Denom: $25
Type: Tokens - Other
Added: 2017-04-10
Color: Red
Inlay: HS-White
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
28mm, Good for One Free Drink
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CG178276 Current Denom: $25
Type: Tokens - Other
Added: 2017-04-10
Color: Red
Inlay: HS-Gray
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
28mm, Good for One Free Drink (Gray imprint)
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CG038149 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2011-06-09
Last Update: 2011-06-09 Color: White
Contributed by: Jim Munding
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CG102479 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2013-05-04
Last Update: 2013-05-04 Color: Red
Contributed by: Sheldon Smith
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CG117066 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2013-11-01
Last Update: 2013-11-01 Color: Red
Contributed by: Sheldon Smith
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CG127797 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2014-05-21
Last Update: 2014-05-21 Color: Red
Contributed by: Bill Judge
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CG143186 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2015-05-04
Color: Red
Contributed by: Rich Hodges
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CG180219 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2017-06-01
Color: Red
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Contributed by: Bill Judge
Where's Harvey?
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CG211267 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2018-09-14
Color: Red
Contributed by: Larry Kopp
White dots with Black dot in center. Harvey's name and cattle skull are white
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CG280125 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2022-02-16
Color: Red
Contributed by: Tom Deason
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CG293169 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2022-10-05
Last Update: 2022-10-05 Color: Orange
Contributed by: Charles Vowell
Harveys Rocks the Lake
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CG304251 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2023-05-06
Last Update: 2023-05-06 Color: Red
Contributed by: Nate Stilloe
Gold Color Inlay.
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CG304252 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2023-05-06
Color: Red
Contributed by: Nate Stilloe
Red & White Inlay, open Dots.
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CG304253 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2023-05-06
Color: Red
Contributed by: Nate Stilloe
Blue & Gold Inlay.
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CG219572 Type: Business Cards
Added: 2019-02-16
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG219575 Type: Business Cards
Added: 2019-02-16
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG222262 Type: Business Cards
Issued: 1985
Added: 2019-04-05
Last Update: 2019-04-05 Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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CG222263 Type: Business Cards
Issued: 1988
Added: 2019-04-05
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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CG178610 Type: Coin Buckets
Added: 2017-04-19
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Contributed by: Bill Judge
Coin Bucket
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CG276169 Type: Napkins
Added: 2022-01-07
Contributed by: Eric Miller
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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
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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.
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CG248357 Type: Pin Backs
Added: 2020-08-03
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Pinback
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CG248358 Type: Pin Backs
Added: 2020-08-03
Last Update: 2020-08-03 Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Pinback
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CG303101 Type: Shot Glasses
Added: 2023-04-02
Contributed by: Eric Miller
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CG027527 Type: Win Cards Program Sign-up Forms
Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027528 Type: Win Cards Program Sign-up Forms
Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027529 Type: Win Cards Program Sign-up Forms
Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027644 Type: Win Cards Program Sign-up Forms
Added: 2010-12-14
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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