This is a selection of photos picturing the gambling industry in the US. Thirty years ago, the gambling industry was limited in the US: Reno, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City.

From people, artifice, architecture and landscape in the US to a ninety-four-year-old lawyer from Reno, 1991, all these photos will certainly improve your day.

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Wheel of Fortune, Las Vegas, 1988

Jay Wolke was fascinated by the intersections of people, artifice, architecture and landscape in the US’s three gambling cities.

All photos: Jay Wolke/Kehrer Verlag publications

Little White Chapel, Valentine’s Day, Las Vegas, 1987

Fortune Hunter, Las Vegas, 1988

Wolke’s interest lay in the ordinary people who worked in and around the casinos. His photographs expose the cities’ symbols of desire alongside the realities of uncertainties and deception.

Valet Pickup, Las Vegas, 1992

Its accelerating influx of gamblers, together with the hundreds of thousands of workers needed to build and staff all the new hotels and casinos had made Las Vegas the fastest growing city in America.

Worker with pick, Las Vegas, 1987

USA Today, Moai, Las Vegas, 1987

Man, Velour Limo, Las Vegas, 1988

Autograph, Mother/Daughter, Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City, 1989

On the other side of the continent, Atlantic City was trying to shed its quaint seaside image and remodel itself as the Vegas of New Jersey.

Girl in car, Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, 1989

Hucksters such as Donald Trump with his garish taste, bad faith and worse credit were happy to help.

Man in Trench Coat, Atlantic City, 1989

Cowboy, Slots, Reno, 1991

Ninety-four-year-old lawyer, Reno, 1991