The bartender and patrons of this early Las Vegas saloon appear unconcerned with the two burros at the bar in this 1905 photo titled "The Boozy Burros". The image was later replicated on numerous postcards depicting the scene. View photo »

Patrons of the Las Vegas Club partake in a game of faro (misspelled ferro in the photo). The dealer dealt two cards per turn from a standard deck of 52, and the object was for players to predict which cards would appear. The first card would win for the bank, and the second would win for the player. Because of the game's almost even odds, it is no longer offered at modern casinos. View photo »

Gamblers enjoy a game of Roulette at the Apache Casino during the 1930's. During the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Apache was the stopover for many Hollywood celebrities including Clark Gable. View photo »

A 1959 Jennings $1 Star Chief slot machine is shown in this photo. These self-serve mechanical devices featured the latest in gaming technology like blinking lights and jam-resistant coin slots. The chief's head was provided for good luck. View photo »

Guests at the Sands play Craps on a floating table inside of the resort's pool. The huge Sands pool offered tourists another option for daytime entertainment. Guests would swim and relax during the day, then gamble and watch shows at night. The hotel, however, was willing to accommodate those who wanted to multi-task. View photo »

Gamblers play five-cent Star Chief slot machines at the Sands Hotel and Casino during the late 1950s. Portraits of Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and other performers hung along the back wall of the Sands to remind guests of the hotel's celebrity cliental. View photo »

Although there was no formal dress code, guests were expected to dress their finest at the Sands Hotel in the 1950s, even chimpanzees it seems were not exempt. View photo »

Guests try their luck at roulette while gambling at the Sands Hotel in this 1950s photograph. The hotel initially started off as a small casino with only a few hundred hotel rooms, but because of the resort's high-profile entertainment and attractions it became extremely popular. View photo »

Guests crowd the table games pit at the Sands Hotel's main gaming area in 1959. On the left and right sides, men can be seen holding flash bulbs to illuminate the back of the normally darkened room. Guests often wore their finest attire for a night of gambling and drinking in Las Vegas. View photo »

A gambler at the Sands casino gets lucky on a slot machine and a group of bystanders share in the revelry, sometime during the late 50's. (UNLV Special Collections) View photo »

Guests pack the tables at the Lady Luck Casino. The Lady Luck opened as Honest John's in 1961 and was also known as the Park Plaza Lady Luck. In 2007 the hotel and casino was purchased by CIM Group for $20.4 million. View photo »

Trapeze artists, high-wire acts and serialists are showcased at the Circus Circus midway stage above the casino floor. In his 1971 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson said about the Circus Circus, "The ground floor is full of gambling tables, like all the other casinos . . . but the place is about four stories high, in the style of a circus tent, and all manner of strange County-Fair/Polish Carnival madness is going on up in this space." View photo »

Entertainer Debbie Reynolds pulls the handle of a slot machine inside the Debbie Reynolds Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Oct. 1, 1997. Reynolds would file bankruptcy later that year and sell the property for $10 million to the company behind the World Wrestling Federation. Today the site is home to the Greek Isle Hotel and Casino. View photo »

An Elvis Presley impersonating dealer flips a blackjack to Martin Paquin of Montreal, Canada during the unveiling of the Legends Pit at the Imperial Palace. The line-up of celebrity impersonating blackjack dealers or "dealertainers" includes Elvis, Liberace, Buddy Holly, The Blues Brothers, Madonna, Patsy Cline, Marilyn Monroe, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Ray Charles. View photo »

Dan Healy and his wife Margaret Healy try their hand at winning Megabucks at Sunset Station. Megabucks is a progressive dollar slot machine, which means that the more money people put in, the bigger the jackpot gets. Jackpots hit have ranged from $7 million to $39 million. View photo »

David Reimondo places his bets as the Roulette wheel spins during the grand opening celebration of the Klondike casino in Henderson, Friday, Oct. 1, 1999. The European roulette wheel only has 37 pockets, while the American wheel has 38. View photo »

Actor Dustin Hoffman deals a card to actor Elliot Gould, during the CineVegas International Film Festival celebrity blackjack tournament at the Palms hotel Saturday, June 15, 2002. Hoffman later accepted the festival's inaugural Marquee Award. The award honors an actor who has an impressive body of work in both independent and mainstream films. View photo »

Dealer Em Kongmun cleans up after hitting a 21 against T.J. Walton and his wife Cindy during the opening of the Cannery Casino Hotel, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003. The Cannery is another casino designed for locals, and also includes a buffet, steakhouse and movie theater. View photo »

Les Johnston gives instruction on the rules of craps to Amy Nugent, Joseph King and Eric Tippelt during a gambler's seminar at the Sunset Station Friday, Jan. 17, 2003. Craps is a dice game, where players bet on the outcome of one or multiple rolls of the dice. View photo »

A group of gamblers use the slot machines during the grand opening of the South Coast at Las Vegas and Silverado Ranch Boulevards on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. There are just under 200 thousand slot machines in Las Vegas. View photo »