8 Twists in Tahoe Gambler’s Court Case

Casino History, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Tax Evasion, Gambling History, Gambling License, Gaming History, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Internal Revenue Service, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Gaming Commission, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Nevada Gaming Control Board, Harvey A. Gross, It Really Happened, Lake Tahoe--Nevada, Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit, Nevada, Stateline--Nevada, United States, Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall / Harvey's Wagon Wheel / Harvey's Resort Hotel (Stateline, NV)Leave a comment

1957-1960 In June 1957, a federal grand jury secretly indicted the owners of the Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall (Harvey’s today) at Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada — Harvey A. Gross, and his wife, Llewellyn — for failing to pay more than $45,400 (about $395,500 today) in joint income taxes over a three-year period. [table…

Bomb Extortion Plan Blows Up

Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Bombings, Gambling, Harvey A. Gross, It Really Happened, Stateline--Nevada, Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall / Harvey's Wagon Wheel / Harvey's Resort Hotel (Stateline, NV)3 Comments

1980 Thirty-five years ago, on August 27, an intricate bomb blasted a chasm that spanned six of the 11 floors of Harvey’s Resort Hotel at Lake Tahoe’s South Shore. The explosion hadn’t been intentional but, rather, the result of the best idea experts could conceive of to disarm the instrument. “To this day it remains…