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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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CG147764
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1970
Added: 2015-07-29
Last Update: 2020-12-05
Color: Green
Mold: House
Inlay: R-White
Logo: Hotel
Catalog#: N4785
Contributed by: Wayne Thompson
Prototype, unfinished edges
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CG162645
Denom: $1
Added: 2016-05-08
Color: Gold
Inserts: 3 Lavender
Mold: House
Inlay: Round - White
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Jim Farnham Collection
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CG089737
Denom: $2
Issued: 1986
Added: 2012-08-31
Last Update: 2018-02-20
Color: Lt-Brown
Inserts: 4 Brass
Mold: Plain
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Prototype, from the cage.
PMSC
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CG162646
Denom: $2.50
Added: 2016-05-08
Color: Showboat Gray
Inserts: 3 Sets: Fushia, Dark Blue
Mold: House
Inlay: Scallop - White
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Jim Farnham Collection
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CG046202
Denom: $5
Issued: 1970
Added: 2011-10-14
Last Update: 2017-04-17
Color: Maroon
Inserts: 3 Split Mustard
Mold: House
Catalog#: N4517
Contributed by: Frank Steward
Prototype
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CG040492
Denom: $5
Issued: 1970
Added: 2017-04-17
Last Update: 2017-04-17
Color: Maroon
Inserts: 3 Mustard sxs
Mold: House
Catalog#: TCR#
Contributed by: David Sarles
Prototype
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CG157437
Denom: $5
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2016-02-17
Last Update: 2016-12-25
Color: Navy
Mold: House
Inlay: R-WHITE, BLACK
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Catalog#: D0754
Contributed by: Don Lueders
Black sky, marked State Line Lake Tahoe, prototype w/unfinished edge
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CG169339
Denom: $5
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2016-09-03
Last Update: 2016-12-25
Color: Maroon
Mold: House
Inlay: R-BLACK/WHITE
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Catalog#: N4748
Contributed by: David Sarles
Prototype
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CG239274
Denom: $5
Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1993
Added: 2020-04-14
Color: Blue
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: Linen
Catalog#: N0644.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres
Notched
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CG239273
Denom: $5
Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1994
Added: 2020-04-14
Last Update: 2020-04-14
Color: Black
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Catalog#: N0646.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres
Notched, Collector's Series
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CG239275
Denom: $5
Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1994
Added: 2020-04-14
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: Linen
Logo: Llewellen Gross
Catalog#: N0663.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres
Notched - Llewellyn Gross, Collector Series, 50 Years 1944-1984
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CG192437
Denom: $100
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2018-01-12
Last Update: 2020-12-05
Color: Black
Inserts: 3-Cream
Mold: House
Inlay: R-White
Catalog#: N8841
Contributed by: David Sarles
Prototype
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CG089738
Denom: $500
Issued: 1986
Added: 2012-08-31
Last Update: 2018-02-20
Color: Maroon
Inserts: 4 Brass
Mold: Plain
Catalog#: N6447
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Prototype, from the cage.
PMSC
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CG089739
Denom: $500
Issued: 1986
Added: 2012-08-31
Last Update: 2018-02-20
Color: Blue
Inserts: 4 Brass
Mold: Plain
Catalog#: N8573
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Prototype, from the cage.
PMSC
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CG113518
Added: 2013-08-11
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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CG266597
Added: 2021-06-05
Color: Clear
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG266598
Added: 2021-06-05
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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CG266415
Added: 2021-05-30
Last Update: 2021-05-30
Color: Clear
Contributed by: Richard Siri
Thin text
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CG158468
Added: 2016-03-08
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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