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Subj: Today in History - Mar 19
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In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great
Depression, the Nevada state legislature votes to legalize gambling.
Located in the Great Basin desert, few settlers chose to live in Nevada
after the United States acquired the territory at the end of the Mexican
War in 1848. In 1859, the discovery of the “Comstock Lodeö of gold and
silver spurred the first substantial number of settlers into Nevada to
exploit the territory’s mining opportunities. Five years later, during
the Civil War, Nevada was hastily made the 36th state in order to
strengthen the Union.
At the beginning of the Depression, Nevada’s mines were in decline, and
its economy was in shambles. In March 1931, Nevada’s state legislature
responded to population flight by taking the drastic measure of
legalizing gambling and, later in the year, divorce. Established in
1905, Las Vegas, Nevada, has since become the gambling and entertainment
capital of the world, famous for its casinos, nightclubs, and sporting
events. In the first few decades after the legalization of gambling,
organized crime flourished in Las Vegas. Today, state gambling taxes
account for the lion’s share of Nevada’s overall tax revenues.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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