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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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Last Update: 2011-06-09 Color: White
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CG102479 Current Added: 2013-05-04
Last Update: 2013-05-04 Color: Red
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CG117066 Current Added: 2013-11-01
Last Update: 2013-11-01 Color: Red
Contributed by: Sheldon Smith
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CG127797 Current Added: 2014-05-21
Last Update: 2014-05-21 Color: Red
Contributed by: Bill Judge
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CG143186 Current Added: 2015-05-04
Color: Red
Contributed by: Rich Hodges
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CG180219 Current Added: 2017-06-01
Color: Red
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Contributed by: Bill Judge
Where's Harvey?
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CG211267 Current 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 Added: 2022-02-16
Color: Red
Contributed by: Tom Deason
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CG293169 Current 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 Added: 2023-05-06
Last Update: 2023-05-06 Color: Red
Contributed by: Nate Stilloe
Gold Color Inlay.
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CG304252 Current Added: 2023-05-06
Color: Red
Contributed by: Nate Stilloe
Red & White Inlay, open Dots.
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CG304253 Current Added: 2023-05-06
Color: Red
Contributed by: Nate Stilloe
Blue & Gold Inlay.
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CG053078 Current Added: 2011-11-09
Last Update: 2011-11-09 Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG053079 Current Added: 2011-11-09
Last Update: 2011-11-09 Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG149313 Current Added: 2015-08-30
Color: Blue
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
F5975
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CG149608 Current Added: 2015-09-02
Color: Blue
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG165855 Current Added: 2017-09-18
Color: Blue
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG165858 Current Added: 2017-09-18
Color: Red
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG222252 Current Issued: 1981
Added: 2019-04-05
Last Update: 2019-04-10 Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Bee 92, D5923
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CG222488 Current Issued: 1981
Added: 2019-04-10
Color: Blue
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
Bee 92
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CG222253 Obsolete Issued: 1985
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
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CG222255 Obsolete Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1994
Added: 2019-04-05
Color: Blue
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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CG222256 Obsolete Event: Anniversary
Issued: 1994
Added: 2019-04-05
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Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
1994 50th Anniversary
Black w/card reader marks, Bee 92, T7738
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CG222257 Obsolete Issued: 1995
Added: 2019-04-05
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Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Clint Spesert
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CG222258 Obsolete Issued: 1995
Added: 2019-04-05
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Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
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CG309745 Obsolete Issued: 2014
Added: 2023-10-25
Color: Red
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: A. J. Giametta
NV Advertising Deck given to registered guests. Has a red diamond pattern on back
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Color: Red/Black
Contributed by: Riverboat Rick Pokracki
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CG253776 Obsolete Added: 2020-10-17
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot Glass. Curved. May have been on the front of the slot machine. 9"x4".
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CG255054 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-10
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Color: Red
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Slot glass; Wagon wheel details in dark blue
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Last Update: 2020-11-10 Color: Red
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Slot glass. Wagon wheel details in light blue
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CG255518 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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CG255519 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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CG255520 Obsolete Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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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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CG276169 Added: 2022-01-07
Contributed by: Eric Miller
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CG027527 Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027644 Added: 2010-12-14
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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