Interviewed by David Schwartz. Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami. He came to Las Vegas in 1974 and went to dealer school on the GI Bill. Howard starting in gaming dealing craps at the Nevada Club and worked at several casinos downtown. Then he became a box and floor man at the Flamingo Hilton. Howard moved to Atlantic City and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino & Hotel until it went bankrupt. Howard was hired by the Hilton and worked at the Jupiter Casino and other properties in Australia, then was hired by Seminole Gaming in Florida to set up table games at various properties. Subjects: Nevada Club, California Club, Mint, Flamingo, Frontier, Sands AC, Golden Nugget AC, Golden Nugget LV, Trump Plaza, Showboat AC, Harrah's New Orleans, Conrad Jupiters, Seminole Gaming

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified plane.

The black and white view of several unidentified men standing near the Lockheed 14 aircraft while it is being refueled. At the time, Howard Hughes was then on his Around the World Flight with the Lockheed 14 where he visited Paris, Moscow, Fairbanks, and Alaska.

The black and white view of several unidentified men and mechanics standing near the Lockheed 14 aircraft that was then being refueled. At the time, Howard Hughes was then on his Around the World Flight with the Lockheed 14 where he visited Paris, Moscow, Fairbanks, and Alaska.

The black and white view of several unidentified people and mechanics surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft for Howard Hughes' Around the World flight. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Ground crew refueling Lockheed 14. Crowd and hangar in background."

An exterior view of the Lockheed 14 airplane outside a hangar at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.

Press release quoting Bob Paige announcing Howard Hughes' acquistion of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.