Stateline Hotel and Casino was located in West Wendover straddling the Nevada/Utah border.
[1] The owner of Stateline Casino was William "Bill" Smith, who started his business in 1926 as a service station.
In 1931 when gambling was legalized in Nevada, Smith expanded his service station adding a hotel[2] and casino.
A patron could eat on the Utah side then step over the line and gamble in Nevada.
[1] It began business in 1931 when gambling became legal again in Nevada after being outlawed on October 1, 1910 at midnight.