In the frontier days, you could find unregulated card games going on just about everywhere, and we spoke about Deadwood, South Dakota, at-length, in that state’s page. Of course, I put an emphasis on the legalized in legalized gambling, because Nevada was hardly the first place to be known for gambling in the country. Nevada is the pioneer for legalized gambling in the United States of America, and it shows, as it remains the #1 destination for gamblers based in the United States.