The 24-to-10 vote crushed Bridgeport residents' hopes of seeing their ailing city, one hour from New York, become a gambling mecca.

The result is an ambitious plan to reposition Las Vegas as an entertainment destination, rather than primarily a gambling mecca.

He knew the gambling mecca was a town made up of people, sure.

Once ensconced inside the gambling mecca, izzie Goldman began to play high-stakes blackjack.

The decision dealt a severe blow to tribes' ambitions to build a gambling mecca to compete with Las Vegas.

The town was a gambling mecca for summer visitors from the Washington, D.C. area during the 1940s.

Las Vegas, Nev., the other major gambling mecca, had a big summer, as usual, with hotel occupancy up about 3 percent.

Atlantic City was the first gambling mecca to find that not all segments of the local economy are served by casino growth.

In addition, it had to be something extraordinary and unique, a gambling Mecca that would strike a stunning contrast to the competition in town.

For the same reasons Trent was unable to visualise Belpan as a future gambling Mecca.