Yankees, Mets Are Favored to Reach World Series by Oddsmakers
March 29 (Bloomberg) — Odds are the World Series will be an all-New York event. The New York Yankees are 4-1 favorites to add to their record 26 world championships and end a six-year title drought, according to Las Vegas Sports Consultants, which advises Nevada sports books on betting lines.
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Do you know that:
- A nationwide survey by the U.S. Travel Industry Association found that 38% of all U.S. residents have been to Las Vegas in their lifetime. The average length of visitors' stay in Las Vegas was almost 4 days (3.7).
- Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
- 1994: On New Year's Day Frank Sinatra gives his last Las Vegas performance at the MGM Grand.
1998: Opening of the Bellagio. With 3,026 rooms it is the largest hotel in the world, and also the most expensive - it cost $1.7 billion to build. - In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
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