{ thoughts on a world of chance from David G. Schwartz }

Archive for December, 2004

Happy New Year’s Eve

Friday December 31st, 2004 in life in vegas | 3 Comments »

Court says makeup is mandatory

Wednesday December 29th, 2004 in business of gambling | 3 Comments »

Famous for a day

Monday December 27th, 2004 in life in vegas | 4 Comments »

An interesting headline

Friday December 24th, 2004 in haphazard world | 1 Comment »

Quote of the day, 12/23/04

Thursday December 23rd, 2004 in gambling & culture | 4 Comments »

Illegal in the 808

Thursday December 23rd, 2004 in business of gambling | 1 Comment »

AC facelift

Wednesday December 22nd, 2004 in atlantic city | No comments »

Quote of the Day

Wednesday December 22nd, 2004 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Sarcasm?

Tuesday December 21st, 2004 in business of gambling | No comments »

Wired!

Tuesday December 21st, 2004 in writing | 3 Comments »

Casino carpet talk

Tuesday December 21st, 2004 in what's new | 1 Comment »

Macau Milestone

Monday December 20th, 2004 in business of gambling | 2 Comments »

British casino plans

Saturday December 18th, 2004 in business of gambling | No comments »

Gambler’s suit dismissed

Friday December 17th, 2004 in business of gambling | No comments »

Online gaming backlash?

Thursday December 16th, 2004 in gambling & culture | 1 Comment »

Just because it’s cool

Thursday December 16th, 2004 in business of gambling | No comments »

Surveillance under watch

Thursday December 16th, 2004 in atlantic city | No comments »

Casinos in a cold land

Wednesday December 15th, 2004 in business of gambling | No comments »

Biting the hand that feeds

Tuesday December 14th, 2004 in life in vegas | No comments »

Back in Vegas

Monday December 13th, 2004 in what's new | 2 Comments »

the die is cast

is the online home of David G. Schwartz, who writes extensively about Las Vegas, gambling, and history. He's the Director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV and has a Ph.D. in United States history from UCLA. He's also taught a range of subjects, running the gamut from hospitality security to gambling history to writing creative non-fiction.

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