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Relying on gambling can be a bad bet: newspaper clippings, 1990 April 09

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
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Collection Number: MS-00916
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
Box/Folder: Box 14

Archival Component

Mapes Money Tree Casino in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date
1979 (year approximate)
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Mapes Money Tree Casino in Reno, Nevada at night circa 1979

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Mapes Money Tree Casino in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date
1970 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Mapes Money Tree Casino in Reno, Nevada circa 1970s-1980s

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Excalibur Hotel and Casino groundbreaking signage, ceremony, 3D model of the hotel/casino: video, 1989

Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents

B-roll footage related to the grounbreaking for the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. Video begins with shots of billboards and signs with renderings of the hotel; a groundbreaking stage is set with cake modeled after the hotel; a scaled model is shown in detail, people can be seen observing it under a blue-and-white striped tent. Campagne is poured into commemorative "Excalibur groundbreaking" glasses (no audio through this point). Second segment briefly has audio, opens with people in costumes for the ceremony (audio cuts back out). The cake is cut with a giant sword, people can be seen mingling and talking under the tent next to the Excalibur model and cake. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection
The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00930
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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DeVore, P. Cameron, and Walsh, John J., "A First Amendment Analysis of Restrictions on Gambling Advertising" report; Atchison, Edward M., "Gambling Industry's Responsibility to the Addiction of Problem Gambling Through Marketing, Advertising, and Promotions" report; memos from NGISC and NIGA; meeting minutes and schedules; notes; and journal articles about advertising, 1998, 1999

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 36

Archival Component

Tahoe Mariner Spa; Tropical Paradise Resort Casino; TraveLodge Casino; and, Temple Hotel

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Homer Rissman Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00452
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 21

Archival Component

Fitzgerald Hotel and Casino, image 003: postcard

Date
1999
Description
Fitzgerald's Casino/Hotel, Las Vegas. (1999) The front entrance shows a little old man standing in front of a rainbow that ends next to a large pot of gold spilling out over the top marquee.

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The Opera House Casino on fire: photographic film

Date
1964
Description
*A fireman woks on an aerial ladder to extinguish a fire at the Opera House Casino, Restaurant, and Saloon. An unidentified fireman and fire truck are visible in the foreground. For additional views of the Opera House Casino fire, see images Source ID 0273_0010, Digital ID pho026217 and Source ID 0273_0012, Digital ID pho026219.

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Railroad Pass Casino: photographic print

Date
1979 (year approximate)
Description
From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Railroad Pass Casino, water tank, Boulder City, Nevada.

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"Trends in United States Casino Gaming" submitted to World Casino Industry Review, 1995

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 050

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