Pete is believed to have had a difficult time making ends meet selling gas and had resorted to bootlegging.

"[2] When Whiskey Pete died in 1933, legend has it that he wanted to be buried standing up with a bottle of bootleg in his hands so he could watch over the area.

[3] Whiskey Pete's was opened in 1977 by Ernest Jay Primm as the first of the casinos[4] to be located at what was then called State Line.

[5] In late 1998, Whiskey Pete's offered the roof of the parking garage as a Valley Hospital Flight For Life Base.

[citation needed] On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Whiskey Pete’s permanently closed its doors to the public and ended all operations.

In the 1990s, the vehicle was exhibited for several years at Primm Valley Resort[6] and Terrible's Gold Ranch Casino in Verdi[7] before being returned to Whiskey Pete's in July 2011.

[8] Alexander Harris, a seven-year-old child from Mountain View, California was reported missing from the video arcade of Whiskey Pete's in November 1987.