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Steel town now surging in casino business

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Associated Press/April 30, 2009 Slot machines crowd the floor during a tour of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, in Bethlehem, Pa.

Associated Press/April 30, 2009 Blast furnaces from the historic Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pa. Las Vegas Sands Corporation's Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is located on a portion the former site of the Bethlehem Steel plant.

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Experts believe it’s the facility’s unique industrial heritage that will help it to continue attracting gamblers, even as the casino market grows bigger and bigger on the East Coast — with stiff competition in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Maryland and, soon, Massachusetts.