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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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CG051924 Current Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1965
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2017-04-13 Mftr: MT
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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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
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CG051953 Current Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1966
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2020-06-28 Color: Brass
Mftr: FM
Contributed by: Richard Jezeski
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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
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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
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CG262389 Current Denom: $1
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1966
Added: 2021-03-15
Color: Silver Clad - Proof
Mftr: FM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CG039443 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1979
Added: 2017-03-19
Color: Nickel
Mftr: LM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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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
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CG053074 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1994
Added: 2011-11-09
Last Update: 2011-11-09 Mftr: GDC
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG274962 Current Denom: $5
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 2002
Added: 2021-12-16
Color: Brass
Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
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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
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CG051928 Current Denom: $10
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1993
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2011-10-31 Mftr: CT
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG051931 Current Denom: $25
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1986
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2011-10-31 Mftr: NCM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG051930 Current Denom: $25
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 1988
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2011-10-31 Mftr: NCM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG051929 Current Denom: $25
Type: Slot Tokens
Issued: 2002
Added: 2011-10-31
Last Update: 2017-03-22 Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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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.
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CG205923 Current Denom: $100
Type: Slot Tokens
Added: 2018-08-03
Color: Bi-Metalic
Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
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CG282928 Obsolete Type: Slot Glass
Added: 2022-04-10
Color: Red/Black
Contributed by: Riverboat Rick Pokracki
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CG253776 Obsolete Type: Slot Glass
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 Type: Slot Glass
Added: 2020-11-10
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Color: Red
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot glass; Wagon wheel details in dark blue
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CG255056 Obsolete Type: Slot Glass
Added: 2020-11-10
Last Update: 2020-11-10 Color: Red
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot glass. Wagon wheel details in light blue
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CG255518 Obsolete Type: Slot Glass
Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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CG255519 Obsolete Type: Slot Glass
Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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CG255520 Obsolete Type: Slot Glass
Added: 2020-11-19
Color: Red
Contributed by: Pam Goertler
Slot glass
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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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CG053472 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2011-11-12
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Tan
Mftr: None
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Blue text & insert arrow
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CG060033 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2012-01-06
Last Update: 2020-10-10 Color: Tan
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
Purple text & insert arrow
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CG240564 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2020-05-01
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Multi
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG277903 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2022-01-24
Last Update: 2022-01-24 Color: Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Anton Bischof
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CG051174 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2011-10-26
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Black
Mftr: None
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
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![](http://themogh.org/cg_pix/nv/277904.jpg) |
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CG277904 Type: Room Keys
Issued: 1999
Added: 2022-01-24
Mftr: Saflok / CSS
Contributed by: Anton Bischof
New year's Eve 1999
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CG060034 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2012-01-06
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Green
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
"Try Our Great Restaurants", arrow points up, bottom line mentions "Lake Tahoe's Grand Adventure"
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CG268145 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2021-07-04
Color: Green
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
"Try Our Great Restaurants", arrow points up, bottom line just says Lake Tahoe
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CG268146 Type: Room Keys
Added: 2021-07-04
Color: Green
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
"Try Our Great Restaurants", arrow points down
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CG290540 Show Casinos Type: Room Keys
Added: 2022-08-10
Color: Black
Mftr: Plicards
Contributed by: Anton Bischof
The Magic of Rob Lake
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CG267941 Type: Room Keys
Issued: 2021
Added: 2021-07-02
Last Update: 2021-07-04 Color: Green
Mftr: None
Catalog#: LVC-16386B
Contributed by: Jerry Birl
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CG303101 Type: Shot Glasses
Added: 2023-04-02
Contributed by: Eric Miller
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CG155529 Show Casinos Denom: $1
Type: Win Cards Tri-Fold Brochures
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.
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