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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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CG046216 Current Denom: $2
Issued: 1980
Added: 2011-10-14
Last Update: 2019-02-21 Color: Tan
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Catalog#: V4517
Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG046246 Current Denom: $2
Issued: 1991
Added: 2011-10-14
Last Update: 2019-08-29 Color: Black
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Catalog#: N0673
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
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CG100373 Current Denom: $2
Issued: 1992
Added: 2013-03-23
Last Update: 2019-08-29 Color: Black
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Catalog#: N0674
Contributed by: Frank Steward
Party Ace (Non-negotiable)
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CG064416 Obsolete Denom: $2
Issued: 1990s
Added: 2012-02-21
Last Update: 2016-01-01 Color: LAVENDER
Mold: Unicorn
Inlay: HS-GOLD
Catalog#: E1136
Contributed by: Terry Shaffer
Updated by: Don Lueders
22 for 20 NCV/ Magic Bucks 2 NCV
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CG087026 Current Denom: 5
Added: 2012-07-07
Last Update: 2019-09-25 Color: Red
Inserts: 3 Lgn/Lbl
Mold: H&C (ORHC)
Inlay: OR-Multi
Logo: Lake Tahoe
Catalog#: D0064
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Oversized: 48mm
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CG045377 Current Denom: $5
Issued: 1990
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2018-02-20 Color: Hot Pink
Inserts: 8 Lt Green
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Catalog#: N2672
Contributed by: Terry Shaffer
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CG046217 Current Denom: $5
Issued: 1990
Added: 2011-10-14
Last Update: 2019-02-21 Color: Hot Pink
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Catalog#: N9904
Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG067815 Current Denom: 5
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2012-03-16
Last Update: 2012-03-16 Color: Yellow
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-GOLD
Catalog#: V2755
Contributed by: Lyle Okata
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CG102704 Current Denom: 10
Added: 2013-05-08
Last Update: 2019-10-07 Color: Lt-Blue
Inserts: 3 Or/Ru
Mold: H&C (ORHC)
Inlay: OOR-Multi
Logo: Lake Tahoe
Catalog#: D1398
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
48mm
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CG090966 Current Denom: 25
Issued: 2010
Added: 2012-10-11
Last Update: 2012-10-11 Color: Green
Inserts: 8 Hot Pink
Mold: H&C (RHC)
Inlay: OOR-Multi
Logo: Lake Tahoe
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
48mm
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CG045391 Current Denom: $25
Issued: 1990
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2012-04-22 Color: Green
Inserts: 8 Hot Pink
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-GOLD
Catalog#: N2671
Contributed by: Terry Shaffer
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CG153157 Current Denom: 25
Added: 2015-11-18
Last Update: 2018-03-03 Color: Lavender
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: Chinese Letters
Catalog#: E1137
Contributed by: Don Lueders
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CG045392 Current Denom: $100
Issued: 1980's
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2011-10-01 Color: Yellow
Inserts: 8 Orange
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Catalog#: N9909
Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG167635 Current Denom: 100
Issued: 2010
Added: 2016-08-01
Color: Black
Inserts: 3 Blue
Mold: H&C (RHC)
Inlay: OOR-Multi
Logo: Lake Tahoe
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: Don Lueders
48mm
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CG045393 Current Denom: $500
Issued: 1980
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2011-10-01 Color: GOLD
Inserts: 8 White
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Catalog#: V2759
Contributed by: Frank Steward
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CG089740 Current Denom: $1000
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2012-08-31
Last Update: 2018-02-20 Color: Beige
Inserts: 8 Blue
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS Gold
Catalog#: V2760
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
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CG282928 Obsolete Added: 2022-04-10
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
Contributed by: David Sarles
Slot glass; Wagon wheel details in dark blue
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CG255056 Obsolete 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 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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CG240261 Added: 2020-04-27
Last Update: 2022-05-12 Logo: Hula Girl
Contributed by: James Love
Ceramic Bowl
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CG289251 Issued: 06/27/1986
Added: 2022-07-26
Color: Clear
Contributed by: Susan Kozlowski
Glass. Grand Opening June 27, 1986
4-2/4" tall
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CG239446 Added: 2020-04-16
Color: Brown
Contributed by: James Love
Sneaky Tiki glass
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CG239447 Added: 2020-04-16
Color: Yellow
Logo: Tiki Girl
Contributed by: James Love
Tiki glass
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CG239161 Added: 2020-04-13
Color: Brown
Contributed by: James Love
Tiki mug 4 1/8" tall
Same diameter at top
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CG155537 Show Casinos Issued: 2012
Added: 2016-01-09
Last Update: 2018-03-05 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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CG155538 Show Casinos Issued: 2012
Added: 2016-01-09
Last Update: 2018-03-05 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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CG155539 Show Casinos Issued: 2012
Added: 2016-01-09
Last Update: 2018-03-05 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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CG155530 Show Casinos Denom: $1
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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CG027527 Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027528 Added: 2010-12-13
Last Update: 2015-01-02 Contributed by: Jim Follis
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CG027529 Added: 2010-12-13
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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