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Hidden Homeless Gamble With Danger in Las Vegas Tunnels
A entryway to a sewage tunnel leading to the Las Vegas Strip houses a large number of homeless people in Las Vegas on Nov. 14, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
A entryway to a sewage tunnel leading to the Las Vegas Strip houses a large number of homeless people in Las Vegas on Nov. 14, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Hidden Homeless Gamble With Danger in Las Vegas Tunnels

‘Vegas is a gambling town, and like everything else, when you’re underground, you’re gambling,’ homeless outreach director Louis Lacey said.
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Hidden Homeless Gamble With Danger in Las Vegas Tunnels

‘Vegas is a gambling town, and like everything else, when you’re underground, you’re gambling,’ homeless outreach director Louis Lacey said.
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By Brad Jones
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November 29, 2024Updated:December 22, 2024

LAS VEGAS—Beneath the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip, hundreds of hidden homeless people live in the filth and squalor of a 500-mile network of tunnels.

Often referred to as “mole people” or “tunnel people,” they remain underground, out of sight, to avoid—among other dangers—the deadly desert sun. They represent only a fraction of the thousands of homeless people in Southern Nevada.

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