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Tahoe conference is near!

May 19th, 2006 by Dave

Next week I’ll be at the 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking, at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. This will hopefully be a lucky 13. It looks to be a great conference, with very interesting sessions that I’m looking forward to seeing.

I’ll be keeping busy, presenting a paper, co-leading a session on gambling research, and moderating two sessions. I’ve gotten the Powerpoint from Per Binde, who’s presenting a paper in one of my sessions, and it includes this image:
This is a mystery
That photo was attached to a Swedish newspaper article, but because I don’t speak Swedish, its meaning must remain obscure, at least until the session next week. It should be a riveting session, to say the least.

I’ll hopefully be able to post updates from the conference. At the very least, I will try to get carpet pictures.

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One Response

  1. LadyPhoenix

    Hey Doc! The pic is probably related to Gambling Addiction…Gambling Prevention is now a “hot” topic in my home state (Ohio). Good luck in your conference!!

    And very nice website

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