In Nevada, if you owe money to a casino relating to a gambling debt from a “marker,” and don’t pay it back on time, you can be arrested and jailed wherever you are in the world. The United States Constitution has prohibited the creation of “debtor’s prisons” as part of America’s break from British rule,…
It’s hard to believe. In school, you learned that one of the things the Founding Fathers wanted to make sure would not happen in the new United States was “debtors prisons.” In England, people could be jailed for debt. Well, welcome to Nevada in the 21st century, where you can go to jail if you don’t…
Only in Nevada. That’s a phrase which applies to many activities. No other State has counties with legal prostitution. No other state has a city which has more hotel rooms at one intersection (Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd) than the total number of hotel rooms in the entire City of San Francisco. And no other…
