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This June 17, 2014, file photo shows the Sands Expo and Convention Center and The Palazzo in Las Vegas.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | 9:01 p.m.
The gaming empire Las Vegas Sands is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to build support for its campaign to bring casinos to Texas.
The company will begin airing TV and radio ads Thursday in the state's biggest markets, according to an announcement first shared with The Texas Tribune. The news of the ads comes the same day that a state House committee was set to review proposals expanding gambling in Texas, including one being backed by Las Vegas Sands.
The ads tell Texans that "billions of tourism and gambling dollars" leave the state every year for neighboring states that allow more gaming.
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