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Time-Line of Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas was founded in 1905. The name means "the meadows" in Spanish.
Incorporated March 16, 1911, Las Vegas covers 84.272 square miles, 219.1 square kilometers.

Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931.
The opposite sides of a dice cube add up to seven.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

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In 1953, the New York Times stated there were 1,800 hotel rooms on the Strip and the average stay was three days. A first-class hotel charged $7.50/day, a motel $3.00/day.

In the 1990s, five resorts were imploded. The Dunes October 27, 1993; Landmark November 7, 1995; Sands November 26, 1996; Hacienda December 31, 1996; and the Aladdin April 27, 1998. A total of 4,645 rooms were demolished, more rooms than in the entire city of Boise, Idaho.

Coin/bill-operated devices now account for more than 60% of all casino winnings, largely due to their ease of use.

While some may think that gambling is a recent phenomenon, it actually dates back to antiquity. Dice have been recovered from Egyptian tombs, while the Chinese, Japanese, Greeks and Romans all were known to play games of skill and chance for amusement as early as 2300 B.C.

Both Native Americans and European colonists brought a history of gambling from their own cultures that helped shape America's views and practices. Native Americans developed games and language describing gambling and believed that their gods determined fate and chance. In 1643, explorer Roger Williams wrote about the games of chance developed by the Narragansett Indians of Rhode Island Sources: Mike Roberts," The National Gambling Debate: Two Defining Issues," Whittier Law Review, vol. 8, no. 3, 1997; Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling; Encarta Online Encyclopedia)

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It is a very curious fact that, although the pack of 52 cards (standard playing deck) was ostensibly produced simply for gaming, it contains a numerical symbolism which is related to the year and to nature. The four suits correspond to the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. They also remind us of the four winds: North, East, South and West. The two colors, red and black, represent day and night. The 52 cards represent the 52 weeks of the year. The four suits of 13 cards each, correspond to the four quarters of the year, each having 13 weeks. The twelve court cards are analogous to the twelve months of the year; and to the twelve hours between noon and midnight. The face value, or pips, of each suit, from Ace to ten, add up to 55. If we call the Jack 11, the Queen 12, and the King 13, then the total of pips for each suit is 91. Multiply this by 4, and it gives a grand total for the whole pack of 364 - plus 1, the Joker and we have 365, the number of days in the year. Furthermore, the four suits of 13 cards each remind us of the four phases of the moon: new moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter. These four phases make a lunar month and 13 lunar months are reckoned to the year.Source: 'Natural Magic' a book by Doreen Valiente (cpywrt. 1975)

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The latest population estimate for the Las Vegas Valley is 2 million people for the year 2005.

Year	Total Rooms	Visitor Volume	Clark County Gaming Revenue
1974	32,826	8,664,871	684,714,502
1984	54,656	12,843,433	2,008,155,460
1994	101,109	26,214,362	5,430,651,000
2000	124,270	35,849,691	7,671,252,000
2001	126,610	35,017,317	7,636,547,000
2002	126,787	35,071,504	7,630,562,000
2003	130,482	35,540,125	7,831,464,000
Information provided by: Las Vegas Convention & Visitors: Clark County /Las Vegas, Nevada...Gaming Statistics Nevada Gaming Control Board

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