Money rolls in for sex industry during Mayweather, Pacquiao bout

03 May 2015 - 10:25 By Staff Reporter

The sex industry in Las Vegas was set to hit the jackpot this weekend as fight fans flocked to the city. There were claims that business would soar to unprecedented levels in the desert resort. But police were hoping to crack down on the sex trade, warning that they would increase patrols to look out for people engaging in illegal prostitution.A local TV station, KSNV, quoted a former escort, Annie Lobert, saying that the sex trade was likely to be 10 times busier than normal.Las Vegas has a huge sex industry, which is run from bars, nightclubs and strip clubs. Prostitution is illegal in the city, but there are about 30 legal brothels in the state of Nevada outside Vegas.Most fight fans will not bother to leave town, but will visit the thousands of escorts and call girls plying their trade in Sin City...

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