Postcard showing people gambling at a blackjack table in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Hit me!" Caption on back: "'21' -- or 'blackjack,' Las Vegas, Nevada. Color courtesty -- Flamingo Hotel." "P35067." Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming (1962-2001) consists of materials collected by Aikaterine Vervilos, an Arizona attorney, for her University of Nevada, Reno master's thesis, "Public Policy and the New Casino Gaming Markets." The collection contains reports on gambling law and horse racing, legal proceedings, and studies related to horse racing, simulcast and off-track betting, peri-mutual gaming, Native American gaming in the United States.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.C. Hooper Family. Mayme Hooper was present, but not pictured, at this gathering of Shoshone Indians in Lone Pine, California. Those present are playing an Indian gambling game.
Postcard showing people gambling at a craps table in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Lookin' for a 'hard-six' in Las Vegas." Caption on back: "Craps--the 'fastest action' game in the world. Color courtesy: The Flamingo Hotel." "P29128." Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard
On February 26, 1981, collector Iskandar A. Batlouni interviewed Harvey N. Dondero (born November 12, 1909 in Hawthorne, Nevada) in his office in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a member of the Las Vegas Board of Education, Mr. Dondero discusses relocating to Las Vegas in 1931 to teach at Las Vegas High School. During this interview, Mr. Dondero also discusses the Boulder (Hoover) Dam, the gaming industry, school integration, the Westside, the Strip, Howard Hughes, Block 16, and the growth of Las Vegas from a sleepy railroad town to a thriving metropolis.