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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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CG147764 Denom: 25¢
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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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CG019425 Denom: $1
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
Issued: 1970s
Last Update: 2014-01-14 Color: BEIGE
Mold: House
Inlay: R-WHITE
Logo: Hotel pic
Catalog#: N4775
Contributed by: Dick Bartley
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CG120398 Denom: $1
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
Issued: 1986
Added: 2014-01-14
Last Update: 2018-02-25 Color: Orange
Inserts: 4-Brass
Mold: Plain
Catalog#: N8564
Prototype PMSC
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CG089737 Denom: $2
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/040492a.jpg) |
CG040492 Denom: $5
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/89739.jpg) | |
CG089739 Denom: $500
Type: Manufacturer Sample Chips
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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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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CG045928 Type: Ticket In Ticket Outs
Issued: 07/12/2006
Added: 2011-10-08
Last Update: 2012-08-23 Contributed by: Jim Noll
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CG045929 Type: Ticket In Ticket Outs
Issued: 05/09/2007
Added: 2011-10-08
Last Update: 2012-08-23 Contributed by: Jim Noll
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CG089313 Type: Ticket In Ticket Outs
Issued: 08/07/2012
Added: 2012-08-23
Last Update: 2012-08-23 Contributed by: Jim Noll
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CG148476 Type: Ticket In Ticket Outs
Issued: 08/03/2016
Added: 2017-10-13
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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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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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/102479.jpg) | |
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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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/127797.jpg) | |
CG127797 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2014-05-21
Last Update: 2014-05-21 Color: Red
Contributed by: Bill Judge
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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/143186.jpg) | |
CG143186 Current Type: Dice
Added: 2015-05-04
Color: Red
Contributed by: Rich Hodges
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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/180219.jpg) | |
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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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/293169.jpg) |
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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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CG178610 Type: Coin Buckets
Added: 2017-04-19
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Contributed by: Bill Judge
Coin Bucket
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CG293327 Type: Pens
Added: 2022-10-08
Color: White
Contributed by: Charles Vowell
Ball Point Pen
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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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CG050937 Current Type: Security Badges-Patches
Added: 2013-08-27
Last Update: 2013-08-27 Color: Brown
Security Patch
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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/27527.jpg) |
![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/27527a.jpg) |
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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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/27528a.jpg) |
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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