John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon after he bought a small coffee shop with a few slot machines in 1960 and turned it into a major hotel-casino he operated for more than a half century, has died at age 96. Ascuaga was known for roaming the floor and greeting patrons personally at the casino he named John Ascuaga’s Nugget along Interstate 80 in Sparks, just east of Reno, until it was sold in 2013. Anthony Marnell III, chief executive of Marnell
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2021-06-30 00:00:00.0