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Events on Thursday 19 March 1931 1
1931Nevada legalises gamblingWide-open casino gambling becomes legal in NevadaGovernor Fred Balzar signed a bill that legalised most forms of gambling in Nevada. On the same day the state cut the residency requirement for divorce to six weeks. Together these laws laid the foundations of the casino economies of Las Vegas and Reno.