![]() His influence on the region only grew from there. It was the inspector who suggested his surname, according to the Riverside Resort’s website. ![]() Postal Service inspector told the casino owner he needed a name to receive mail. It was two years later that the area became Laughlin. Laughlin bought a boarded-up motel and 6 acres (2.4 hectares) along the riverfront. He visited the Mohave Desert and saw a stretch of land called Tri-State was unoccupied. In 1964, 10 years after buying a gambling business in North Las Vegas, Laughlin sold it for $165,000, according to his biography posted on the resort’s website. “I said, ‘I’m making three times what you are, so I’m out the door,’” Laughlin recalled to the Review-Journal. When Laughlin was in ninth grade, his school principal issued an ultimatum to either stay in school or stay in the slot business, where he made $500 a week.
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