Backbone Quote by Kenny Guinn

Nevada has a very dynamic economy, with gambling being the number-one industry, followed closely by blood donorship.

— Dave Barry

Nevada is a small state. I think we're doing well trying to diversify and grow and understanding that it takes time. We're going to…

— Jacky Rosen

From its founding, [Nevada] has always struggled to belong. It has had a series of masters--the mining industry, the railroads, the federal government, and…

— Hal Rothman

Nevada Energy doesn't lose money. The gaming industry loses money. It employs all the people. It pays all the taxes. And if you take…

— Steve Wynn

Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research universities coupled with the Desert Research Institute.

— James E. Rogers

In Las Vegas, people seem to believe, the prosperity spawned by tourism and gaming can make them whole, financially and spiritually. Las Vegas now…

— Hal Rothman

There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community.

— Mario Cuomo

Gaming is a vice the more dangerous as it is deceitful; and, contrary to every other species of luxury, flatters its votaries with the…

— Henry Fielding

Casinos are spreading like wildfire, and it seems to be an entertainment option that a significant number of people engage in. That's just the…

— Ron Porter

Gaming is a kind of tacit confession that the company engaged therein do in general exceed the bounds of their respective fortunes, and therefore…

— William Blackstone

Our developers are helping and participating in the virtual economy by making games that aren't just fun, but which monetize as well.

— David Baszucki

Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.

— Jane McGonigal