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

Archive for May, 2006

Vegasized pools

Wednesday May 31st, 2006 in life in vegas | No comments »

Good luck, bad luck, or divine design?

Wednesday May 31st, 2006 in haphazard world | No comments »

Singapore Sands?

Tuesday May 30th, 2006 in business of gambling | No comments »

New carpet gallery

Thursday May 25th, 2006 in what's new | No comments »

MontBleu opens

Thursday May 25th, 2006 in what's new | No comments »

LV meteor?

Wednesday May 24th, 2006 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

ICGRT update

Tuesday May 23rd, 2006 in what's new | 1 Comment »

Conference in the news

Monday May 22nd, 2006 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Tahoe conference is near!

Friday May 19th, 2006 in what's new | 1 Comment »

Antigua strikes back…with words

Friday May 19th, 2006 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Lucky 13th?

Thursday May 18th, 2006 in atlantic city | No comments »

Indicted (again) for online gambling

Wednesday May 17th, 2006 in gambling & culture | 1 Comment »

Gambling on Da Vinci

Tuesday May 16th, 2006 in gambling & culture | No comments »

He writes the songs (that the slot players sing)

Monday May 15th, 2006 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Hard Rock sold

Friday May 12th, 2006 in life in vegas | No comments »

More trendy fun

Thursday May 11th, 2006 in haphazard world | 1 Comment »

Sex, gambling, and money

Thursday May 11th, 2006 in gambling & culture | No comments »

The Culture of Risk and 419 scams

Wednesday May 10th, 2006 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Las Vegas (half) Marathon

Tuesday May 9th, 2006 in life in vegas | No comments »

82% of people like it

Monday May 8th, 2006 in gambling & culture | No 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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