FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2009 file photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, hotel and gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan is greeted by an Elvis impersonator and showgirls as he celebrates his 89th birthday at the El Cortez Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Gaughan, the Las Vegas gambling pioneer who once owned much of the downtown casino market, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014. He was 93. Gaughan is most closely associated with the El Cortez casino, which he bought in 1963. He later transferred ownership of the historic casino, but lived in a penthouse apartment there into his 90s and was known to play poker in the casino almost every day.(AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Glenn Pinkerton, File)
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