Las Vegas, HISTORY , The Mafia & Casinos

Las Vegas was founded by ranchers and railroad workers but its greatest asset became its casinos. Las Vegas’s embrace of Old West-style freedoms—gambling and prostitution—provided a perfect home for East Coast organized crime.
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Las Vegas, HISTORY , The Mafia & Casinos

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