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Celebrating Rites of Passage Sin City Style

LAS VEGAS – As reported by the Associated Press: ``Huddled inside the Luxor hotel-casino, a trio of newly minted 21-year-olds are big on dreams, but short on know-how.

``…And so the odyssey begins for the barely legal in this city of megajackpot dreams and sinful excesses, the destination for those seeking their first legal drink and roll of the dice.

```I've been waiting for this day my whole life,' says Ellen Africano, a pre-nursing student who turned 21 the day before.

``Spotting a nearly empty blackjack table, the young women sit down and nervously pull out a few twenties, giggling.

``… Holding out the money to the dealer (a minor casino faux pas) they are quickly asked for their IDs.

`` … But why has Las Vegas become the place to be and be seen for 21-year-olds?

```Sin is in. Skin is in,' says Anthony Curtis, editor of Las Vegas Advisor, a consumer newsletter that tracks casino promotions and gambling trends.

``Curtis says Las Vegas always has drawn those crashing into adulthood, although the city has seen a boost in recent years thanks to Hollywood.

`` …`When somebody turns 21, they feel like all the boundaries are broken. They're going to drink and party and start their adult life, and what better place to do that than in Vegas?' Curtis says.

``… New York may be the city that never sleeps, but the tick-tock of the Vegas party clock is unrelenting…."

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