• October 31 (Halloween) Nevada becomes the 36th state

• Nevada decriminalizes certain forms of gambling; Storey County (Virginia City) most populous county in Nevada

• Nevada criminalizes gaming and the operation of all games of chance, effective the following year

• Nevada's total population: 89,168

• March 19, wide-open gaming legalized in Nevada by Nevada State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Fred Balzar; bill introduced by State Assemblyman Phil Tobin, Humboldt County
• March 20, Bank Club begins legal gaming in Reno
• The first gaming license in Las Vegas awarded to Mayme Stocker for the Northern Club on Fremont Street
• Red Rooster Nightclub opens (located where The MIRAGE is today), later known as Gracie Hayes, Hi Ho Club, San Souci (1955) and Castaways (1963)
• Riverside Hotel on Virginia Street in Reno receives gaming license
• Construction begins on Hoover Dam

Sources: Nevada Historical Society; Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; Michael Green (Community College of Southern Nevada); David Schwartz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research); “Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling” by David Schwartz; Gotham Books, 2006; and Nevada Magazine, March 2006.