Las Vegas is a society of armed masturbators/gambling is the kicker here/sex is extra/weird trip for high rollers ... house-whores for winners, hand jobs for the bad luck crowd.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The city's frightening now. That's the basis of my reaction to Las Vegas. It's not the city I wrote about. It's not the same place at all. You'll notice that even the - what do you call them? - milestone or trademark casinos are now gone.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON, Las Vegas City Life, Jun. 7, 2002