QUIRKY WORLD ... Sin City gambles on world’s largest big wheel in bid to attract more visitors

The world’s largest big wheel attraction started turning as tourists took in a unique overview of the Las Vegas Strip, with wide skies and craggy brown mountains in the distance.

The 168m High Roller — between two stations of the Las Vegas monorail line — eclipses the 165m Singapore Flyer and the 135m London Eye, and is expected to be the tallest in the world until planned observation wheels are completed in coming years in New York and Dubai.

The Las Vegas wheel is part of a $550m (€400m) restaurant, bar, retail, and entertainment development built by casino giant Caesars Entertainment, between its Flamingo, Harrah’s and renamed Quad hotel-casinos.