Nevada's fiscal year gross gaming revenue is $200,500,000
Nevada “Black Book” enforced
1962
Sam Boyd purchases Eldorado Casino in Henderson
Bill Harrah constructs a 400-room hotel tower in Reno
1963
Harveys Resort Hotel and Casino opens at South Lake Tahoe
1965
Gaming Industry Association formed in Reno
Sahara Tahoe Hotel-Casino opens at the south shore of Lake Tahoe
1966
Howard Hughes arrives Thanksgiving night to live at Desert Inn
Caesars Palace opens on Las Vegas Strip
Original Aladdin opens on Las Vegas Strip
Four Queens Hotel-Casino construction begins in Downtown Las Vegas
Don Laughlin purchases and opens Riverside Resort
1967
Nevada Legislature passes bill allowing public corporations to own gambling facilities without licensing each stockholder; law modified by Legislature in 1969
Howard Hughes buys the Desert Inn, starting his yearlong casino/hotel buying spree
Bobcat Club opens in Laughlin
1968
Circus Circus Casino opens on Las Vegas Strip (Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, 1972)
U.S. Postal inspector officially names Laughlin, Nevada
Monte Carlo (Crystal Palace) opens in Laughlin
1969
International (Las Vegas Hilton) Opens on Paradise Road - World's first “mega-resort”; Elvis Presley is the hotel's entertainment headliner
Landmark opens on Paradise Road
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.
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