Let’s be perfectly honest about this, the big attraction with Las Vegas is the gambling. It’s the one fact that draws millions of people in to the desert on a monthly basis. As fantastic as the Grand Canyon is it just doesn’t have the allure of the big money jackpots and the life changing tables.

It’s really quite unbelievable but in 2003 the average tourist spent nearly $700 on gambling activities per trip whereas they only spent $400 on food and drink, shopping, sight seeing, accommodation, and shows combined. The average stay was 4 nights and most visitors spent 4 or more hours a day during their trip gambling. Only 15% of the tourists who visited Vegas did not gamble.

Over 40 million people visit every year and with approximately 40 wedding chapels it’s not surprising there are nearly 100,000 marriages every year. There are well over 1,000 establishments that have full gaming licenses and hundreds of thousands of slot machines and over 5,000 live table games.

All the figures clearly point to the fact that Vegas is for gamblers. There are some fantastic sights to be seen as well but the main point of any trip to Vegas is try and walk away a little bit richer.

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