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Gambling -- Nevada -- History
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Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming Markets
The Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming (1962-2001) consists of materials collected by Aikaterine Vervilos, an Arizona attorney, for her University of Nevada, Reno master's thesis, "Public Policy and the New Casino Gaming Markets." The collection contains reports on gambling law and horse racing, legal proceedings, and studies related to horse racing, simulcast and off-track betting, peri-mutual gaming, Native American gaming in the United States.
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Gamble, J.C., 1936-
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Nel Downing oral history interview
Oral history interview with Nel Downing conducted by Scottie Rector in the 1970s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Downing first talks about the first properties in the Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada area before talking about the forms of transportation available in Las Vegas. She also talks about her work with the Clark County Housing Authority, the development of Henderson, some of the early churches, and the beginnings of gambling in Henderson. She then discusses gambling, life in Nevada, the Helldorado parade, and inflation over time.
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Postcard of scenes of Goldfield, Nevada and Gold Hill, Nevada, circa 1910s
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Transcript of interview with Robert Francis Bergin by Paula Morey, March 5, 1981
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Postcard of people playing craps at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s-early 1960s
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