• Nevada's total population: 159,341
• Desert Inn opens on Las Vegas Strip

• Congress passes 10 percent tax on sports bets
• Horseshoe Club opens in Downtown Las Vegas

• Sahara Hotel-Casino opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Sands Hotel-Casino opens on Las Vegas Strip

• Harvey's Wagon Wheel Hotel is built at Lake Tahoe
• Showboat Hotel-Casino opens on Boulder Highway - first true neighborhood casino

• Gaming Control Board created within Nevada Tax Commission structure
• Dunes opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Riviera opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Moulin Rouge opens in West Las Vegas
• Nugget Casino opens in Sparks (Washoe); purchased by John Ascuaga in 1960
• Nevada Legislature increases state gambling tax again, on sliding or “progressive scale” from 3 to 5.5 percent of gross winnings

• Hacienda opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Fremont Hotel-Casino opens in Downtown Las Vegas

• Tropicana opens on Las Vegas strip
• Mint Hotel-Casino opens in Downtown Las Vegas

• Stardust Resort & Casino Opens on Las Vegas Strip

• The Nevada Gaming Commission created by Nevada State Legislature
• Approval of Nevada's “Black Book” to keep casinos ”clean”

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.