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Was: Wagon Wheel Saloon
18 Hwy 50
Lake Tahoe, Nevada 89449 MAP
Type: Land Based
800-HARVEYS
Status: Open
Open: 1944
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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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CG126975 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2014-05-08
Last Update: 2016-03-19
Color: Yellow
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-RED
Catalog#: E1087
Contributed by: Wayne Thompson
Image
Needed		 CG136441 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2014-10-30
Last Update: 2016-03-19
Color: Yellow
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-RED
Catalog#: E1087.c
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG159009 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Issued: 1970s
Added: 2016-03-19
Last Update: 2016-03-19
Color: BEIGE
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-RED
Catalog#: E9289.c
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG045388 Current
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1940
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2018-02-20
Color: Red
Mold: SmKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
Catalog#: N7387
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG102408 Current
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1940
Added: 2013-05-03
Last Update: 2013-05-03
Color: Lavender
Mold: SmKey
Inlay: HS Gold
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Catalog#: N5602
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG100349 Current
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1940s
Added: 2013-03-22
Last Update: 2017-07-15
Color: Orange
Mold: Horshu
Inlay: HS Gold
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Catalog#: N4419
Contributed by: Steve Clark
Updated by: David Sarles
CG045360 Current
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1950
Added: 2011-10-01
Last Update: 2013-03-27
Color: MUSTARD
Mold: T's
Catalog#: N7090
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG037728 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1970
Added: 2011-06-02
Last Update: 2019-05-14
Color: Dk Blue
Inserts: 3 Mu/Or/Mu
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: White
Logo: Hotel
Catalog#: N5154
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG046244 Current
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1970
Added: 2011-10-14
Last Update: 2018-02-20
Color: Brown
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
Catalog#: N8560
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG045329 Current
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1970's
Added: 2011-09-30
Last Update: 2011-09-30
Color: NAVY
Inserts: 3 Ora, 6 Yellow Split
Mold: House
Catalog#: N4701
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG023378 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2010-11-16
Last Update: 2017-05-24
Color: Navy
Mold: House
Inlay: HS-Gold
Catalog#: N4781
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG045328 Current
Denom: 50¢
Issued: 1970's
Added: 2011-09-30
Last Update: 2011-09-30
Color: BEIGE
Inserts: 3 Brown
Mold: LgKey
Catalog#: N8561
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG186527 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1950s
Added: 2017-11-03
Color: White
Mold: Plain
Inlay: OR-MULTI
Logo: Wagon Wheel
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua

Silver dollar used in Harvey's Lake Tahoe as $1 chip "I came from Wagon Wheel Saloon, Highway 50 Lake Tahoe, Stateline Nevada" Back is a real Silver Dollar
CG120397 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1964
Added: 2014-01-14
Last Update: 2016-11-05
Color: Mustard
Inserts: 3-Purple
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: R-WHITE
Logo: Hotel pic
Quantity: 60000
Catalog#: N9902
Contributed by: Don Lueders

Dark Brown on hotel in inlay.
CG240260 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1964
Added: 2020-04-27
Last Update: 2023-03-25
Color: Mustard
Inserts: 3-Purple
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: R-WHITE
Logo: Hotel pic
Catalog#: Not in TCR
Contributed by: Tom Deason

Dark Brown on Hotel on one side; Tan on Hotel on the other side.
CG019424 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1965
Last Update: 2016-11-05
Color: Mustard
Inserts: 3-Purple
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: R-WHITE
Logo: Hotel pic
Quantity: 20000
Catalog#: N5158
Contributed by: Frank Steward

Tan on hotel in inlay.
CG000676 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1983
Last Update: 2018-01-24
Color: Mustard
Inserts: 3-Purple
Mold: House
Inlay: R-White
Logo: Hotel pic
Catalog#: N5148
Contributed by: Frank Steward
CG019682 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Last Update: 2016-11-05
Color: Blue
Mold: House
Inlay: HS-GOLD
Catalog#: N4763
Contributed by: Frank Steward

Good only at Harvey's Hotel Casino
CG019045 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1986
Last Update: 2018-01-20
Color: Yellow
Inserts: 4 Brass
Mold: Plain
Catalog#: N5160
Contributed by: Greg Susong

PMSC
CG291996 Current
Denom: $1
Added: 2022-09-12
Color: White
Inserts: 2-Black 2-Gray
Mold: H&C (RHC)
Inlay: OR-White/Gray
Logo: Mountains/Lake
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Hologram
CG002673 Current
Denom: $1
Issued: 1996
Last Update: 2018-02-15
Color: White
Inserts: 2-Black 2-Gray
Mold: H&C (RHC)
Inlay: OR-White/Gray
Logo: Mountains/Lake
Catalog#: N8562
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Hologram
CG108328 Current
Denom: $1
Issued: 2000
Added: 2013-06-24
Last Update: 2016-11-05
Color: White
Inserts: 2-Black 2-Gray
Mold: H&C (RHC)
Inlay: OR-LT GREY
Logo: Mountains/Lake
Catalog#: E6028
Contributed by: Frank Steward

NO Hologram
CG045338 Current
Denom: $2
Issued: 1970
Added: 2011-09-30
Last Update: 2011-10-01
Color: Dred/White
Inserts: 4 Navy Red/Wht 1/2 Pie
Mold: House
Catalog#: N5156
Contributed by: Frank Steward

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