Some of the most popular casinos in town include the Eldorado Resort Casino, featuring several award-winning restaurants and live entertainment, and the Silver Legacy Resort Casino, recognizable by its distinctive silver dome. Numerous casinos line this street, offering a wide range of gaming options, including slot machines, table games like blackjack, roulette, craps, and poker rooms. Reno's gambling scene evolved over the years around the downtown area, primarily along Virginia Street. Once the gambling capital of the US – up until the mid-20th century, when it handed the status over to Las Vegas, – this town still draws thousands of visitors each year, from all over the world, looking to try their luck. 'The world is a casino, and everyone's a gambler.' These words by 'Nick the Greek', one of the legends in gambling history of the United States, seem ever so true in Reno.
