Jimmy Wike's family moved to Las Vegas in 1958 when he was nine years old. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Jimmy started as a dealer at the Las Vegas Club and was also a dealer at the Fremont Hotel and Casino, at the Stardust, and at the MGM Grand that later became Bally's. He was a supervisor at Bally's and also taught in a dealers' school while he worked there, he became a pit manager, and ended up a vice president. Jimmy also worked in management at the Hilton and at Casesars Palace.

Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami, Florida. He came to Las Vegas, Nevada 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, New Jersey and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino and Hotel until it went bankrupt.

Ron Saccavino was born in Connecticut and came to Las Vegas in 1970. The Las Vegas Club taught him to deal craps, and he went to work there. He was a casino manager for the Landmark, Lady Luck, Foxy's Firehouse, and the Paddlewheel. Ron also worked at the Riviera, Hacienda, Jackpot, Royal Inn, Dunes, and O'Shea's.

Christiaan Van Buuren grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started working as a dealer in casinos at a property that was run by Caesars World. Chris then went to work for Gold Reef Casino Resorts as a development manager to develop casinos in South Africa. Next he worked in casinos on cruise ships as a dealer and as an assistant casino manager for Casinos Austria International and also set up casinos for them in South Africa.

Mike Unger was born June 6, 1947 in Queens, New York. He spent most of his childhood in Long Island, New York, growing up in a predominantly Jewish and Italian community. As a young adult, Unger was running one of his family’s restaurants after school. When he was in high school, his family moved to Los Angeles, California to accommodate his father’s health needs, and eventually ended up in Las Vegas, Nevada by 1967. Over the next two decades, Unger worked at nine properties in the city.

Sam S. Earl was born February 9, 1912 in Virgin, Utah. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1928 for a few months, then returned home in Utah. He returned to southern Nevada in 1935 to work during the Hoover (Boulder) Dam days. Earl and his wife lived in a tent until he built a little two-room house for his young family to reside. Earl ended up moving to various cities around southern Nevada until 1945 when he moved to Henderson, Nevada. His career was filled with working as a building contractor, truck driver, and painter. Earl passed away January 4, 1997.

Dale Duane Everett was born January 29, 1924 in Danville, Illinois. After joining the United States Navy, he was stationed to San Diego, Nevada. Everett had his own cab driving company in Fontana, California while driving for San Bernardino Yellow Cab. He came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962 because his brother was making more money driving a cab in the city than Everett was in California. Everett drove for Whittlesea Blue Cab and experienced three union strikes since working for them.