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- Year the first casino was licensed - 1931
- Number of slot machines in Las Vegas - 197,144
- Percentage of visitors from Southern California - 25
- Percentage of visitors that come to Las Vegas mainly to gamble - 5
- Percent of visitors who end up gambling during their stay - 87
- Hours per day average visitor spends gambling - 3.9
- Annual state gaming revenue, in billions of dollars - 9
- Percent of Nevada’s general fund fed by gaming-tax revenue - 43
- Average gambling budget per trip, in dollars - 559
- Number of people moving to Las Vegas annually - 96,057
- Average price for acre of land in the valley, in thousands of dollars - 161
- Price for a prime acre of land on the Strip, in millions of dollars - 11
- Number of hotel rooms - 124, 270
- Average number of pillow cases washed daily at MGM Grand - 15,000
- Average nightly room rate in dollars - 66
- Average length of stay, in nights - 3.7
- Number of conventions hosted annually - 3, 749
- Average number of Vegas wedding per day - 315
- Number of local golf courses - 37
- Amount in miles of lighted neon tubing on the Strip & downtown - 15,000
- Percent of county’s population over age 24 with college degree - 13.8
- Percentage of population registered to vote - 42.2
- Nevada’s population growth since 1990, in percentage - 83.3
- State’s nationwide rank in gold production - 1
- Cost of Nevada marriage license, in dollars - 35
- Average cost of filing for divorce in Nevada, in dollars - 450
Source: 2007 Las Vegas Perspective
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