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The slot machine is born
Sittman and Pitt create one of the most popular gambling games, the slot machine. -
All gambling is outlawed in the United States
Nevada outlaws gambling and the rest of the country follows. This means no building of casinos. -
Prohibition becomes law
The 18th Amendment, prohibition, is submitted by the Congress to the states. Prohibition becomes law in 1919 when ratified by Nevada. -
Nevada re-legalizes casinos
Nevada becomes the only state in the country to have gambling be legal. The effect of this was more casinos being opened up in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The casinos stayed strictly in that area due to the law. -
Las Vegas Club opens
Another club opens in Nevada, but instead of focusing only on a Nevada casino, it's more directed towards the Las Vegas area. -
Boulder Club opens
This casino opened on the same day as the Las Vegas club. This is marking the very beginning of the large casino movement in Vegas. -
Meadows Club opens
This casino also opened in Vegas, about a month after Club Las Vegas and Boulder, Las Vegas is getting more populated with casinos at this point. -
Pair-O-Dice Club is granted gaming license
This club is verified to open for gambling. It also opened within two months of the other popular casinos in Las Vegas. -
Meadows Club burns down
This club burns down just four months after opening. This results in the loss of a popular casino in Nevada. Gamblers become very angry. -
Nevada Club opens
Another casino opens in Nevada, replacing the Meadows Club. -
P2
This is a primary photo of Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1932. This photo was taken when the very first clubs and casinos were being opened. It was a popular destination for any Vegas visiters back then and still is today. This whole "Fremont Street Experience" caused more casinos to be opened and more people to visit. -
Prohibition is repealed
The selling of alcohol is now made legal and is sold at gambling casinos. This marks the continuity of bars being put into gambling casinos and people spending more money on their trip. -
Apache opens
This was the first casino to be built outside of Nevada, in Oklahoma, marking the movement of gambling casinos nationwide, -
Pair-O-Dice closes
Seven years later, this casino shuts down. -
91 Club opens
Another casino opens, -
El Rancho Vegas opens
Another casino in Las Vegas is built and opened, -
El Cortez opens
Hotel and casino opens in Las Vegas. -
Meadows Club closes
After eleven years of service, Meadows Club shuts down. -
Pioneer Club opens
This casino became part of the Fremont Street Experience- a chain of casinos in Vegas. -
Golden Nugget opens (P1)
Another casino is added to the Fremont Street Experience. This document is a map of the "Fremont Street Experience." It displays all of the casinos on the street and where some are still open and operating to this day. This event has over 10 gambling casinos, light shows, concerts, and even zip lining. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Las Vegas. It's continuity has lasted decades adding on and shutting down casinos and still continues today. -
Flamingo opens
Added to the Las Vegas strip-still remains there today -
Club Bingo opens
Another casino built in Las Vegas -
Thunderbird opens
Another casino is added to the Las Vegas strip. -
Desert Inn opens
Another casino added to the Las Vegas strip -
Silver Slipper opens
Another Vegas casino-bought out by a billionaire -
Club Bingo goes bankrupt
Club Bingo goes for a downfall when they lose service and go bankrupt -
P4
"Gambling is risk-taking. It might be said the owner of a casino gambles, takes risks, but he has the odds in his favour, so that's intelligent gambling. If I wanted to gamble, I'd buy the casino." This quote was said by Jean Paul Getty in the 1970s in an interview with Alan Whicker. This quote is displaying the significance of gambling to some people. Every person that opens a gambling casino is taking a dramatic risk and putting everything on the line, but if you want, you buy the casino. -
Casino in New Jersey opens
The first casino in New Jersey opens. This starts the spread of gambling nationwide. -
legalization in South Dakota and Iowa
South Dakota and Iowa legalize gaming, kicking off a five-year period of the largest expansion of gaming in U.S. history. This resulted in the expansion of more casinos in this area. -
Legalization
By the end of 1996, 25 states and 3 territories have legalized casinos. -
statewide referendum
Voters in Maryland pass a statewide referendum legalizing 15,000 slot machines at five locations throughout the state. -
First casino in Maryland
The first casino is finally opened in the state of Maryland. -
First casino in Ohio
The state of Ohio gains it's first casino. -
P3
This political cartoon symbolizes the expansion of gambling casinos in Ohio. When it was legalized, they took gambling a little out of hand. It started consuming the everyday lives of citizens of Ohios. People were going bankrupt from spending all of their time at the casinos and they started to spread in the area.
