He was the founder of Station Casinos, a gaming company based in Summerlin South, Nevada.
Over the next 16 years until 1976, he worked as a dealer, pit boss, baccarat manager and general manager at properties including the Stardust; Tropicana, Circus Circus, Sahara and the Fremont in downtown Las Vegas.
This 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) square gambling hall was attached to the Mini-Price Motor Inn and was a short drive from Las Vegas Boulevard.
[4] "It was pretty much desert," son Lorenzo Fertitta told the Las Vegas Sun in 2005.
[5] Fertitta Jr. died on August 21, 2009, of complications from heart surgery at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles, California at the age of 70.