Throughout the 1920s, gambling flourished at speakeasies and clubs like The Willows, where upscale patrons played roulette and faro. The state's gambling interests had not gone away, and little by little, they expanded the range of permissible games of chance, with the legalization of social games like whist and bridge, 'nickel-in-the-slot' machines that paid out in cigars, drinks, or sums less than $2, and in 1915, perimutuel betting at the racetrack. As the date arrived, a San Francisco reporter wrote, 'With the closing of the gambling houses in Nevada, one of the worst remaining relics of the 'wild and wooly' west has passed out.' The national tides of Progressive reform, and the administration of the nearby University of Nevada, began to exert pressure to abolish the practice in the early 20th century, and aided by a new 'Anti-Gambling League,' successfully persuaded the legislature to outlaw gambling in 1909, with the prohibition scheduled to go into effect in October 1910. The stretch of establishments, which included the Palace, the Oberon, the Louvre, and the Wine House, was widely known by the moniker of 'Gambler's Row.' By February of 1902, Reno supported 48 saloons and sixteen licensed gambling games, concentrated primarily on the south side of the railroad tracks along Commercial Row. The state's legislature formally enabled the practice in 1869, and took on a limited role in its operations, which were licensed and (loosely) regulated by local jurisdictions.

Although long associated with images of the 19th century old West, gambling was not legal in Nevada upon its admission into statehood in 1864-but it didn't take long.

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