Past honorees

The American Gaming Association has inducted 92 men and women to the Gaming

Hall of Fame, including entertainers, politicians and industry leaders from both the casino operations and manufacturing side.

Among the past honorees:

Casino company operators William Harrah (1989), Jay Sarno (1989), Jackie

Gaughan (1990), Sam Boyd (1991), William Boyd (1993), J. Terrance Lanni (2000), Steve Wynn (2006), Michael Gaughan (2009), Sheldon Adelson (2011), Gary Loveman (2013) and Diana Bennett (2017).

Manufacturing executives Si Redd (1991), Len Ainsworth (1995), Charles

Mathewson (1997), John Acres (2016) and John Breeding and Joe Kaminkow (2017).

Entertainers Frank Sinatra (1997), Siegfried & Roy (1998), Steve Lawrence and

Eydie Gorme (1999), Wayne Newton (2000), Paul Anka (2001), Tom Jones (2003), Don Rickles (2004), Debbie Reynolds (2005), David Copperfield (2007), Blue Man Group (2011) and Celine Dion (2013).

Chefs Wolfgang Puck (2005), Michael Mina (2007), Emeril Lagasse (2008), Charlie Palmer (2011), Julian Serrano (2012) and Guy Savoy (2013).

Former Nevada Gov. Grant Sawyer (1989), former Sen. Harry Reid (2001), former state Sen. William Raggio (2012), former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst, currently a Caesars Entertainment executive (2014), and Melvin Wolzinger (2017).

President Donald Trump is a member of the Hall of Fame; he was inducted in 1995 as a casino operator.