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Sources: New Game of Chance Hits Popularity Jackpot in 1930s Nevada

Always Bet on the Butcher: Warren Nelson and Casino Gaming, 1930s-1980s, R.T. King (writer), Gail K. Nelson (writer), Ken Adams (interviewer), University of Nevada Oral History Program: Reno, 1994.

Las Vegas Age (Nev.), Advertisement for Vegas Club, March 16, 1940.

Las Vegas Age (Nev.), Advertisement for Boulder Club, May 29, 1940.

Nevada State Journal, “Appraisal Committee Will be Named Soon,” May 12, 1936.

Nevada State Journal, Advertisement for Palace Club, May 28, 1937.

Nevada State Journal, Advertisement for Index Club, Aug. 29, 1937.

Nevada State Journal, “Reno After Dark,” Feb. 19, 1938.

Nevada State Journal, Advertisement for Harolds Club, May 28, 1938.

Nevada State Journal, Advertisement for Nevada Club, July 16, 1938.

Nevada State Journal, Advertisement for Jill and Eddie’s, Aug. 5, 1938.

Nevada State Journal, “Race Horse Keno Due in Las Vegas as License OK’d,” Oct. 20, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), Advertisement for Palace Club, April 25, 1936.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), Advertisement, for The Block N, Aug. 11, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Clark Official Says Keno is Lottery,” Nov. 3, 1939.

Reno, Where the Gamblers Go! Raymond Sawyer, Sawston Publishing Co: Reno, Nevada, 1976.