美国的州权力很大，各州有自己的宪法（但不允许与联邦宪法抵触）。在对待赌博问题上各州的态度不同，现在有两个州允许赌博合法存在。最有名的就是新泽西州的大西洋城和内华达州的拉斯维加斯。1976年新洋西州30万公民投票决定使赌博合法化，以振兴当地日益萧条的经济；而拉斯 The state power of the United States is very large, and each state has its own constitution (but it is not allowed to contradict the federal constitution). The states have different attitudes towards gambling. There are now two states that allow gambling to exist legally. The most famous are Atlantic City, New Jersey and Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1976, 300,000 referendums in New Zealand’s West Texas State decided to legalize gambling in order to rejuvenate the increasingly depressing economy;