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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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CG120396 Obsolete Denom: $1
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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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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CG219572 Added: 2019-02-16
Contributed by: Robert Baker
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CG219575 Added: 2019-02-16
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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CG240765 Added: 2020-05-03
Color: Black
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG240766 Added: 2020-05-03
Color: Brown
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG176596 Added: 2017-03-03
Last Update: 2020-05-03 Color: Red
Contributed by: Mark Freitag
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CG240763 Added: 2020-05-03
Color: Red
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG240764 Added: 2020-05-03
Color: Red
Contributed by: Richard Siri
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CG293327 Added: 2022-10-08
Color: White
Contributed by: Charles Vowell
Ball Point Pen
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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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