Chris Bianchi comes from Peru, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in hotel administration with a concentration in casino management and received his master's in hospitality administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015. Chris did an internship at the Barbary Coast Hotel & Casino in 2002 as a dealer and was transferred to the South Point Casino and Spa as a pit manager in 2005.

Ed Walters was born and raised in New York, New York. Walters was a pool and card hustler in New York when he was in his twenties. In 1959, he was asked by a major crime boss to go to Las Vegas, Nevada to find out if a card dealer was cheating. Ed did figure out that the dealer was cheating, so the crime boss got him a job learning the Western card games at the Fremont during the day and being a pit boss at the Sands at night. He worked at the Sands until 1967 and then at various other casinos until approximately 1981.

George Burns was born May 10, 1902 in New York. He lived in Florida and California before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945. He held various jobs including cook, dishwasher, clerk, pipe fitter and salesman. Burns was involved with the beginning of Camp Bonanza in Reno, Nevada.

Joe Burton was born February 26, 1940 in Texas. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada around 1960. He raised his six kids with his wife while starting a business called Mrs. Redd’s Pies.

Bob (Bobby) Campagna (b. September 18, 1950 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) lived in Nevada for 26 years. Bob was a meter leader and a carpet layer.

Marianne Carpenter (b. 1929) lived in Nevada her entire life. Marianne worked at Nellis Air Force Base and for EPA.