Did you know that there are no clocks or windows in casinos? This is one of the design characteristics used to make people lose track of time. To organize their day, people make use of time cues, and when they are deprived of those cues, they keep focusing on the present. In casinos, this means playing, betting and the constant flow of money. ¹⁾.

El Rancho is widely known as one of the first casinos in Las Vegas. However, the Pair-o-Dice Club located on Highway 91 was the first casino in town. ²⁾.

The first legal casino license was issued in 1920. It was given to Mayme Stocker a respectable wife and mother who opened the Northern Club. ³⁾.