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

Archive for August, 2007

Venetian Macau is big, but Macau is bigger

Friday August 31st, 2007 in business of gambling | No comments »

Econ 411 at UNR

Wednesday August 29th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Reveling in a new casino

Tuesday August 28th, 2007 in atlantic city | No comments »

Running in moonlight

Monday August 27th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Fremont East: Neon and check cashing!

Friday August 24th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Gaming Expansion at G2E

Thursday August 23rd, 2007 in business of gambling | No comments »

Full moon + ETs = fun run

Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Exchanging cards and dollars

Tuesday August 21st, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

An Elven refuge in Las Vegas

Monday August 20th, 2007 in life in vegas | Comments Off

Gambling ref pleads guilty

Thursday August 16th, 2007 in business of gambling | No comments »

Incentivized criminals

Wednesday August 15th, 2007 in business of gambling | No comments »

Cats hit jackpot at casino

Tuesday August 14th, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

Plaza vs. Plaza

Friday August 10th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Reno, pedestrian Reno

Thursday August 9th, 2007 in business of gambling | No comments »

Hong Kong races in Nevada

Wednesday August 8th, 2007 in gambling & culture, life in vegas | 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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