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{{quote|''"We are treated to the customary [[Vegas Montage|CHARACTER WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TO VEGAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW OF A MOVING CAR AT ALL OF THE EXTRAVAGANTLY DECORATED CASINOS montage]]."''
|'''[http://www.the-editing-room.com/21.html 21, The Abridged Script]'''}}
'''The principal characters journey to Las Vegas.''' At least one has a gambling problem and will end up dead broke or winning a ton of money (bonus points if an urgent need for cash is why they go to Vegas). Most likely, one or all end up in jail and/or married. Don't be surprised to see Wayne Newton, the former teen pop star of the 1950s who popularized the notion of musicians relocating to Vegas in order to find steady work within the city's many high-profile night spots, and continued to perform off-and-on in the city well into the new millennium. If children are involved, expect some harsh [[Mood Whiplash]] when they confront adult themes for the first time, and [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity may or may not ensue]], although this story element has become obscure past the year 2000. In reality, Las Vegas has actually become much more open to people who do ''not'' gamble or who have kids, and they even have a ''support group'' people can call if they have a gambling problem!
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Contrary to popular belief prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, Nevada. By state law any prostitution outside of a brothel is illegal and a brothel must possess a state-issued license to operate legally. Every county is allowed a "local option" on whether to allow operations of brothels. However, the law immediately prohibits any county having a population over 400,000 issuing brothel licenses, which excludes Clark (encompassing Vegas) and Washoe (encompassing Reno) counties. The end result of this is that in Nevada's largest cities prostitution is illegal by default. From Vegas, one has to drive sixty miles north to Pahrump to find the nearest legal brothel. Of course, this doesn't prevent illegal prostitution from being rampant (much as it is in most other large cities).
A kind of [[Tourist Trap]], and destination of a [[Vacation Episode]], [[Road Show]], and [[Vacation, Dear Boy]]. Where
Compare [[Aloha Hawaii]], [[It Came From Beverly Hills]], [[The Casino]], [[Minigame Zone]], [[Casino Park]].
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