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High Stakes: Inside the New Las Vegas

By: Gary Provost
Narrated by: Bill Fike
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For decades, the name "Las Vegas" summoned up the image of a neon world of nonstop gambling, gangsters, sex, and adult entertainment. But today, Las Vegas has transformed itself into a family vacation spot second only to Disneyworld on America's leisure-time itinerary. What - and who - is responsible for this multi-billion-dollar transformation?

With High Stakes, Gary Provost takes the listener on a wide-ranging tour of Nevada's newly revitalized 21st-century vacation world. This inside look at both the gaming business and its new total entertainment centers, which now host 20 million visitors a year, reveals how Las Vegas became a clean, attractive, family-oriented resort. Today, casino gambling is just one attraction of many, most of them new: amazing theme parks, spectacular virtual-reality rides, futuristic glass domes, the world's tallest tower, and a sky laser that can be seen all the way to Los Angeles. Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. is used as a model of excellence to show how the Las Vegas gaming industry develops, markets, and delivers its entertainment "product" at a lower price, and with greater profits, than any of its competitors.

Highlighted by a preview of Circus Circus' astonishing pyramid - Luxor - the new centerpiece of the greatest gaming empire in history, High Stakes includes extensive interviews with Luxor's legendary creator, William G. Bennett, the man who taught the entire gaming industry how to attract the vast market of family-oriented vacationers. Also covered are all the games of chance that a casino like Circus Circus offers and the odds each gives; everything the casino hands out for free and why; the different ways in which high rollers and ordinary folk are treated; how legendary casinos of the past have crashed to oblivion and the hot newcomers that have taken their place; and the increasing competition from Atlantic City and the growing list of other venues of legal gambling in the United States.

Timely, wide-ranging, and well informed, this eye-opening audiobook traces the evolution of Las Vegas from "Sin City" to the "Orlando of the West". Whether you are interested in gambling, business, or the changing face of America, High Stakes is fascinating.

©1994 Gail Stockwell (P)2018 David N. Wilson
North America Las Vegas

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The book started off great but then was a slight dud in the middle but picked up a bit afterward.

Was hoping for a bit more.

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The release date for this title is "Release date: 02-16-18". After listening to this book, it is very clear that this book was written in the early 90's and is not a current book. It reads more as a history of Las Vegas up to when the Mirage was built. Interesting read, but I was definitely mislead by the title, the release date, and the publishers summary which all made me think this was a "current" book.

Audible - you should have 2 release dates on your page - the date the book was released and the date that is was released on Audible.

Misleading Release Date by Audible.

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Listener received this title free

I don't gamble but I would love to stay at the Luxor and enjoy the ambiance & food.

Bill Fike did a good job narrating.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I want to go to Vegas!

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