Las Vegas

Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada, is a city -- or rather, an improbable idea -- based on the principle of random motion. From its round-the-clock marriage parlors (which logged some 29,000 five-minute ceremonies last year) to its green-felted gaming tables (over which more than a billion dollars changes hands annually), life in Vegas revolves about the unbiased bearings of chance. The promise of bonne chance and the cool green glow of money are the lures that draw both gamblers and gambolers into the...