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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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