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Casino, 1979-1983
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Scope and Contents
The casino series (1979-1983) contains documents pertaining to events run by the Frontier casino including a blackjack tournament, the Jack Straus Poker Championship, the Miss Casino Bikini Contest, and various golf tournaments.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Postcard showing the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall interior (Las Vegas), after 1946
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Archival Collection
Description
Photographic postcard featuring table games and the bar area of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Transcribed from original: "The Million Dollar Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Saloon and Restaurant, Las Vegas. Thousands of visitors are attracted annually by the lavishly decorated Casino with its Crystal Chandeliers, Famous Paintings and Mahogany Beams, reminiscent of the Barbary Coast days." Publishing info from original: "Plastichrome' by Colourpicture, Boston 15, Mass -- 6270 Mosley Ave., L.A."
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Casino Promotional and Publicity Material
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The UNLV Libraries Collection of Casino Promotional and Publicity Material (1966-2004) consists of clothing, promotional souvenirs, and gambling ephemera from various hotels and casinos throughout Las Vegas, Nevada. These items include hats, shirts, mugs, ash trays, drinking glasses, menus, buckets, keychains, keno supplies, and playing cards. The hotels include Caesar's Palace, Flamingo Hotel, Imperial Palace, Palace Station, Showboat, Castaways, Stardust, El Rancho, Sam's Town, Circus Circus, and Four Queens, in addition to others throughout Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Film transparency of the front exterior of the Westerner Gambling House (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
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Archival Collection
Description
Nighttime view of the front exterior of the Westerner Saloon and Gambling House.
Site Name: Westerner
Address: 23 Fremont Street
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Frontier Hotel and Casino: postcard
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Archival Collection
Description
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Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
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The Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection documents the history, entertainers, and events at the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1942 to 1988. The collection includes promotional material, photographs, correspondence, invoices, legal documents, and newspaper clippings.
Archival Collection
Baccarat dealer guidebook and VHS tape; gambling product catalogs; Cheating at Casino Craps research paper; sports betting report; Las Vegas casino game player's guides, casino game pamphlets, and blackjack calculators; Binion's floor manager policies and procedures handbook, approximately 1905, 1950s, 1970s-1998
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Benedict Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Lepper, John, et al, "Longitudinal Study of Gambling: The Scope of a Prospective Longitudinal Study of Gambling Behaviour in Great Britain", 2005
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 09
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The Four Queens Hotel and Casino and Fremont Hotel and Casino, image 002: postcard
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Archival Collection
Description
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Gambling on the Future-KMGH, 1994 February 02
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: MGM Mirage Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 38, Digital File 00
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