Las Vegas Facts

Without any doubt Las Vegas is one of the biggest entertaining attractions in the world. The weather is hot the entire year and night life is really enjoyable especially with a view of extraordinary architecture. It is the place which should be visited at least once in two years for esthetic pleasure. Here we introduce few fun facts from this full of life place that everybody can enjoy casino games.

Common Facts:

1. The resorts in Las Vegas are very common for today and the first ever resort which was built on the strip of Las Vegas was El Rancho, built in the year of 1941.
2. The amazing fact is that a renowned singer, Elvis Presley did music shows in continuous 837 shows fully sold out at Hilton Casino in Las Vegas.
3. The first high storied building of Las Vegas was The Riviera which was ten stories tall.
4. The state of Nevada contains highest numbers of mountain ranges in US.
5. The first ever air craft landed in Las Vegas in 1920 was guided by pilot Mr. Jack Beckely. The aircraft was landed in the fields of Rockwell which is located at a place which is a property of Sahara casinos at this particular time.
6. The average water consume of a normal house in the valley of Las Vegas during a year is 230,000 gallons.
7. The Holiday Casino is expanded on the land of 17.3 acres and tower of Carnaval has the height of 35-stories.
8. The first ever casino/hotel to include sports book was Stardust and the idea was given by none other than Frank Rosenthal, also known as "Lefty".
9. The state of Nevada is number one state in United States to produce gold. It comes right after South Africa in world's list.
10. Out of world's top 20 hotels, whopping seventeen are only in Las Vegas.
11. The famous sign of "Welcome to Las Vegas" was produced in the year of 1959.
12. Approximately, 225 marriage certificates are issued by Las Vegas everyday.

Gambling Facts

1. There are only two cities in Nevada where gambling is illegal, Boulder and Panaca. The town of Panaca was created to provide house to Hoover dam workers.
2. To everybody's amusement, the strip of Las Vegas is not located in Las Vegas.
3. It is necessary for Nevada video slot machines to return back at least 75% of the amount. The amount has been established according to the life of slot machine.
4. There is one working slot machine at every 8 residents of Las Vegas.