Casino History
Charles Mapes
Events: Daylight Saving Time
Gambling History
Gambling: Revenue
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It Really Happened
Nevada
Raymond "Pappy" I. Smith
United States
Gamblers Oppose Daylight Saving Time
1949 Casino owners balked when the question of going on daylight saving time (DST) arose in Nevada in 1949. Gamblers’ Outcries Charles Mapes, owner of the Mapes hotel-casino in Reno, made a few arguments: •…