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| | Jackpot, Nevada - Description & History, from The Complete Nevada Traveler by David W. Toll |
 | | Jackpot owes its existence to the presidential ambitions of Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, who did Nevada a big favor in the early 1950s by crusading against illegal slot machines around the country. |
 | | There are 1,500 permanent residents in Jackpot now, and although the town lacks the supreme symbol of civilized existence, a cemetery, it does have a school, a golf course, a magnificent enclosed swimming pool, tennis courts, over 100 RV spaces and an airport. |
 | | Jackpot is surely the busiest town in Nevada, maybe the world, with a crowded schedule of golf tournaments, air races, skeet shoots, balloon ascensions and other events both ordinary and exotic. |
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