Tuesday, 29 June 2021

John Ascuaga, a Northern Nevada gambling icon, dies at age 96

John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon after he bought a small coffee shop with a few slot machines in Sparks in 1960 and turned it into a major hotel-casino he operated for more than a half century, has died. He was 96.



from https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/john-ascuaga-a-northern-nevada-gambling-icon-dies-at-age-96-2389697/

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