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growth, growing at a rate of 192.4% between the years of 1940 and 1950 (Moffatt, 1996). As Las Vegas increased in population size it led to developments of larger, more elegant resorts, with the

gambling like Nevada. Gambling in Nevada’s mining towns had been firmly entrenched within the culture from the earliest days, however some notable California gangsters were the forefathers of Nevada’s casino industry. A former Los Angeles bootlegger, Tony “the Hat” Cornero, established the first casino, the Meadows Club, in Las Vegas just months after Nevada liberalized its gambling laws in 1931. Gambling folklore generally credits Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel with envisioning the modern version of Las

Las Vegas Las Vegas is known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World” and the “World of Lights, Camera, and Action” where players find endless casino action, superior boxing events, and all-night clubs popping in “America’s Playground”. Located in Clark County, not too far from the Hoover Dam near Lake Mead, Las Vegas is the largest city in Nevada and 28th most populous city in the United States. Las Vegas started around 1844 during a conflict with Mexico until the Mormon settlers came in 1850

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