FUN FACTS:

Year first casino was licensed	1931
Number of slot machines in the city	197,144
Percentage of visitors from Southern California	25
Percentage of visitors who say they come to 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	60,000
Average price for an 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 pillowcases 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 weddings per day	315
Number of local golf courses	37
Amount in miles of lighted neon tubing on the Strip and Downtown	15,000
Percentage of county's population over 24 years old 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 Buzzwack.com