Minutes/Transcripts of Meetings 1959-1992

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Minutes/Transcripts of Meetings 1959-1992

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Fifty percent of the collection is made up of minutes and transcripts of the meetings of the Commission, where the bulk of the gaming business and practices were discussed and judgments made over gaming issues.

46 cubic feet

Nevada State Library, Division of State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8312134

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Nevada Gaming Commission

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Gambling began in Nevada long before it became a territory, very much a part of life in a mining town. The discovery of the Comstock Lode saw gambling grow in proportion to the wealth extracted from what then seemed an inexhaustible supply.The territorial bill of 1861 declared gambling a felony, and succeeding Legislatures enacted laws prohibiting gambling. The Legislature of 1969 overrode the Governor's veto of a bill to legalized gambling. Between 1877 and 1907 there were regulati...