Casino Strip

Type: Location — Entertainment/Gaming District (Kila Vas) Dimensions: 40 miles long, 12 miles deep Location: ~30 miles west of Kila Vas International Airport (Kila Vas city itself lies a further 30 miles beyond the Strip) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator)

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Overview

Casino Strip is a 40-mile stretch of desert, 12 miles deep, home to the largest concentration of casinos on the planet — ✅ 23,000 casinos confirmed (refining the earlier general "thousands" figure), ranging from towering steel-and-glass complexes to elaborately themed resorts. Arrivals to Kila Vas must pass through Casino Strip to reach the city itself, another 30 miles beyond. Many tourists never make it past the Strip at all, staying instead among its casinos, cafes, and restaurants.

Giant dancing water fountain displays and statues of the rich and famous line its streets, which stay filled with tourists around the clock.

Founding and Growth

Source: conversations-002.json, "Maf Game Overview" — see RAW SOURCE. A few years after WW3 ended, a small group of wealthy backers — widely thought crazy at the time — built a new intercontinental airport 120 miles out in the desert, anticipating growth most people doubted was coming. To help justify the airport's location, the city established a gaming district exactly halfway between it and downtown: a dozen licensed casinos at first, then 25, then 70, eventually surpassing 100 in this account's telling (since refined to the far larger, current figure above). Casino Strip itself began as a modest 20-mile-long, 1-mile-wide stretch alongside the highway, rail, and monorail lines connecting airport to city, before quickly widening to 2 miles, then 5.

Midway through the war, the city had adopted the foundational policy that made all this possible: anything that does not physically injure a person, or restrict or injure their rights, is permitted — provided it's licensed and regulated. Gaming, sports betting (originally a casino function), recreational drugs, licensed "adult entertainment," and even weapons sales all trace back to this single principle. A separately-purchased 4-mile-long, 1-mile-wide strip along the Strip's eastern edge, bought up by a "shadowy" group, became Kila Vas's red-light district — now known as The Four Mile.

Notable Casinos

Donkey D'Rider's Casino — named for a beloved local legend; full legend text on its own page
Khayzinu Khayzinu ("Casino Casino") — a stainless-steel monolith under the desert sun; sleek minimalist exterior belies an opulent interior of gaming floors, luxury suites, and gourmet dining. Tagline: "Where Simplicity Meets Luck." Draws the galaxy's wealthiest high-stakes players.
Kila Vas Kings Casino — regal splendor throughout: golden chandeliers, grand ballrooms, an entry flanked by 40-foot statues of historical kings, and dining helmed by intergalactic chefs.
Helio Casino — a solar-powered marvel using cutting-edge green technology; a "sunlit" atrium mimics natural daylight, giving the illusion of eternal daytime for those who never want the party to end.
Razhnu Casino — named for the ancient deity of justice; sandstone façade blending with the desert, with flowing sand sculptures and massive glass domes inside.
Snow Palace Casino — features an indoor ice-skating rink and a miniature snow-covered mountain with dozens of active skiers/ snowboarders; guests sip hot cocoa in an igloo-themed bar or try "snowball roulette."
Floating Islands Casino — built on artificial islands in an artificial lake, accessed via gondola or glass bridge; spread across several interconnected "islands," each with unique gaming (including holographic poker and underwater-themed slot machines).
Desert Dunes Casino — home of the prestigious Desert Dunes Golf Tournament; a sprawling desert course dotted with palm trees and shimmering ponds, plus a luxurious clubhouse and sports lounge.
Casino De La Elvis — a themed shrine to "the King," with Elvis impersonators roaming the halls, all-Elvis slot machines, nightly tribute performances, a retro diner serving "Hunk of Burning Love" burgers, and a kitschy "Heartbreak Hotel" suite.

A More Permissive Era (1990s)

As of the 1990s, Kila Vas allowed nearly everything to be legal, including substances illegal elsewhere (recreational marijuana, Ecstasy variants, various stimulants and depressants, and a recreational cocaine variant) and licensed adult entertainment (requiring proper licensing and monthly doctor checkups). Casino Strip embodied this permissiveness at its most concentrated.

Traveling from the airport toward the city, just past Casino Strip lies The Four Mile.

Appearances

Creator-provided detail

Open Questions

Current (2020) status/character of Casino Strip, versus this 1990s snapshot, not yet detailed