[1] In 1996 Dini was ranked the tenth most influential Nevadan in a survey conducted by the Las Vegas Sun, a list that included Steve Wynn, Bill Raggio, then Governor Bob Miller and former Governor Mike O'Callaghan.

[1] Dini was elected to the state assembly, (which includes Lyon County, Storey County and parts of Carson City) in 1967 and served until 2001 in four special sessions and eighteen regular sessions, making him the longest serving assemblyman in Nevada history.

[3] At one point later in his political career he considered running for Governor of the State of Nevada, but did not.

[6][7] In 1960 Joe Dini, Jr. purchased Dini's Lucky Club (then one of two casinos in Yerington, Nevada) from his father Giuseppe "Joe" Dini, Sr., who had opened the now self-proclaimed "oldest family owned casino in Nevada" in 1933 under the name the Wooden Shoe Club.

[8] The casino has been owned by his sons George and Jay since 2007 with Joe Dini Jr. formerly sitting as "chairman emeritus".