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Transcript of interview with Ron Saccavino by David Schwartz, June 17, 2015

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Narrator
Saccavino, Ron
Date
2015-06-17
Description
Interviewed by David Schwartz.Ron Saccavino was born in Connecticut and came to Las Vegas in 1970. The Las Vegas Club taught him to deal craps, and he went to work there. He was a casino manager for the Landmark, Lady Luck, Foxy's Firehouse, and the Paddlewheel. Ron also worked at the Riviera, Hacienda, Jackpot, Royal Inn, Dunes, and O'Shea's. He worked for the Teamsters unionizing dealers, started the Crescent School for Bartenders and Dealers, was the first to come up with the idea of having temporary dealers and had a temp employment agency, edited a newsletter for dealers titled The dealers news, and wrote a book titled Everything you want to know about Las Vegas dealers.
Digital ID
OH_02735_book
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1697315k
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Table Games Management Oral History Project
Interviewer
Schwartz, David G., 1973-
Subject
Authors, American
Casinos -- Employees
Casinos -- Management
Gambling
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
oral histories (literary works)
typescripts
transcripts
Citation

Ron Saccavino oral history interview, 2015 June 17. OH-02735. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1697315k

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English

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i An Interview with Ron Saccavino An Oral History Conducted by David G. Schwartz Table Games Management Oral History Project Center for Gaming Research Special Collections Oral History Research Center University Libraries University of Nevada, Las