Terrible Herbst Casino Pahrump

By Howard Stutz
Special to the Pahrump Valley Occasions

LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Gaming Commission authorized an ownership modify in the Mountain View Casino Thursday, which returned a member of the Herbst family to the gaming market.

But the discussion was a lot more about health-related marijuana.

A group headed by Timothy Herbst was approved for a 50 percent ownership in the modest house, which will be renamed to carry the Terrible’s moniker. He stated the casino would start out with 180 slot machines and be co-owned with its existing operator, Rochelle McCaw, widow of the founder of Mountain View Casino, John McCaw.

Herbst told the commission his brother, Troy Herbst, who had been an investor in the casino company, would have no involvement with the gaming business due to the fact of his interest in a prospective medical marijuana dispensary in Clark County.

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In May, the Gaming Handle Board issued an business notice telling gaming license holders — and even prospective license applicants — to keep far away from medical marijuana. Under federal law, distribution, possession and sale of the drug is a crime.

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2. The on-site casino is small, compared to Vegas casino's, but is okay. Downtown there are some larger ones, including another Terrible's called Terrible's Town Casino. The Terrible in this case is Terrible Herbst, the race car guy. They also have a large casino and hotel in Vegas, about a mile east of the Strip on Flamingo and Paradise Rd.

Troy Herbst owns 10 % of the Clinic Nevada LLC. The Herbst brother are advisers to JETT Gaming, a slot machine route firm owned by their father, Jerry Herbst. The organization manages the slot machines for the family’s Terrible Herbst convenience retailers and gas stations.

Tim Herbst told the commission his brother would divest from the gaming organization if his business earns a dispensary license. If the healthcare marijuana business is not licensed, he mentioned his brother may well want to return to the casino enterprise.

“We’re not going to do something to disappoint this commission,” Tim Herbst said. “We will do everything in our energy to preserve a bright light on this business.”

He said the organizations would be operated separately.

Gaming Commission Chairman Tony Alamo Jr. mentioned the regulators would not adjust their stance on medical marijuana unless the federal government decriminalizes the activity.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended approval of a non-restricted gaming license, slots only, on Sept. 10. Tim Herbst was authorized for licensure as sole manager of Herbst Pahrump Acquisitions LLC.

In the course of the Gaming Handle Board hearing Tim Herbst mentioned they plan to renovate the interior and exterior, bring in new equipment, install player tracking, construct a new restaurant and fix up the bar. He mentioned hopefully a brand new Terrible’s Casino would be open in Pahrump by the finish of the year, he mentioned.

Tim Herbst told the GCB the Mountain View Casino had 36 staff, what he described as the minimum crew of what they want to offer.

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“Hopefully we’ll put some men and women in Pahrump back to operate,” he said.

The gaming commission approval was primarily based on 3 situations. The casino is restricted to 500 slot machines, the quantity of slots might not be elevated nor may live games be added without prior administrative approval by the Gaming Handle Board chairman or his designee. A surveillance method must be inspected and approved by the Gaming Handle Board Enforcement Division within 60 days of the issuance of the license. A essential employee application for the position of general manager must be filed within 60 days.

The Herbst family members very first opened Terrible’s Town Casino on Highway 160 and 372 in Pahrump in 1995 and followed with Terrible’s Lakeside Casino in 1999. Herbst Gaming filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2009 in which lenders took control of 15 casinos in Nevada, Iowa and Missouri.They adopted the name Affinity Gaming LLC in May 2011. Golden Gaming Inc., owner of the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino, ended up acquiring Terrible’s Town and Terrible’s Lakeside Casinos from Affinity Gaming in February 2012. Terrible’s Town was renamed Gold Town Casino soon after a nearby contest, whilst they shortened the other casino name to simply Lakeside Casino.

The Nevada Gaming Commission first approved a non-restricted gaming license for the Mountain View Recreation Center on June 22, 1989, the second license in Pahrump to enable live gaming right after the Saddle West Hotel and Casino, the reported. The late John McCaw and his wife Debbie McCaw bought the Mountain View facility at the start of 1988.

The original 63,000-square-foot, $ 13.5 million Mountain View Casino burned in April 2003 and was rebuilt later with a smaller sized facility, without having the bowling alley and convention center. Original owner John McCaw died in 2006.

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Tim Herbst and representatives of Herbst Gaming have been unavailable for comment right after the decision.

Pahrump Valley Times Senior Employees Writer contributed to this report.