A surprising number of alternative facts about the world’s gambling capital continue to resonate across pop culture, with little relevance to reality. The Hoover Dam holds one of the biggest.

“Elaine Wynn was more than a businesswoman and philanthropist; she was a force of nature — a curator of dreams in a city built on aspirations.” So wrote the Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation in announcing her death Tuesday morning at the age of 82, along with a lengthy statement and obituary on her life.

Ninety-four years after gambling was legalized in Las Vegas, the city continues to diversify its economy with sports playing a significant role.

Three of President-elect Donald Trump’s announced political appointees have ties to Nevada’s gaming industry — a sign that an industry once stigmatized in the political sphere has entered the mainstream.

Just one day after 57 Culinary Union members were arrested in a civil disobedience act to get higher wages, many were back to strike outside Virgin Hotels for the eighth day in a row.

While gamblers outside of the United States have long been able to place bets on who will win the White House, in a historic shift this election cycle, Americans can make political wagers of their own.

Next Wednesday morning, what’s left of the iconic Tropicana Las Vegas resort-casino will be imploded. The implosion is set for 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, and the spectacle is expected to attract hundreds of people eager to witness the hotel’s last moments.

When three casinos opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1999, it marked the first time in the strip's history that a trio of new megaresorts debuted in the same year.