Sergio “Checko” Salgado was born in Las Vegas, Nevada at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, a hospital whose name is unrecognizable to the majority of the people that now make Southern Nevada their home. Although the building still operates today, it is known as the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Nevada’s Level I trauma center and one of the largest public hospitals in the United States.

Sadie Kiel George was born on June 19, 1868 to Franklin and Elizabeth Kiel in Mansfield, Ohio. Sadie was the granddaughter of Conrad Kiel, one of Las Vegas Valley's earliest settlers and owned Kiel Ranch in the 1880s, which was the second oldest ranch in the Las Vegas Valley. Sadie Kiel married Hampton E. George on November 28, 1887 and they had a son, Willard Hampton George. Sadie Kiel George passed away on October 16, 1943 at the age of 75.

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Penelope "Pennie" Ruchman is a long-time gaming and casino professional who graduated from in 1977 from Oberlin College's Creative Writing and American Literature honors program. Following graduation, Ruchman moved to New York City, New York to work as a photographer where she apprenticed for Irving Penn and Arnold Newman before embarking on a career of creating her own artwork, holding one-woman exhibitions throughout the country.