Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada.

1953		E. Wilson Look Who’s Abroad Now 22: The streets of ‘Lost Wages,’ Nevada, are not like the streets of any other American city today.
1959		L. Bruce ‘The Palladium’ [stand-up script] Howdy folks, I just got back from Lost Wages, Nevada. Funny thing about Lost Wages, folks....