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

Archive for October, 2008

Happy Nevada Day

Friday October 31st, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Gambling art in Berkeley

Thursday October 30th, 2008 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Book review: Prize-Fighting

Wednesday October 29th, 2008 in book reviews | No comments »

LVBP article

Tuesday October 28th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Diff’rent strokes for casino folks

Monday October 27th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

An uncertain future

Friday October 24th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Winter Getaway

Thursday October 23rd, 2008 in what's new, writing | No comments »

A very quotable newsletter

Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Book Review: State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

Tuesday October 21st, 2008 in book reviews | No comments »

Updating Atlantic City

Monday October 20th, 2008 in atlantic city | No comments »

Bugsy unearthed at UNLV!

Friday October 17th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | No comments »

Review in The American Interest

Thursday October 16th, 2008 in book reviews, writing | No comments »

To boldly go where no analogy has gone before

Wednesday October 15th, 2008 in business of gambling | 1 Comment »

Happy birthday Bellagio

Wednesday October 15th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

More small-town fun

Tuesday October 14th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling | 1 Comment »

Just posturing?

Tuesday October 14th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling | No comments »

State of the state of gambling

Monday October 13th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

I love AC

Friday October 10th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling | No comments »

Pole the Bones

Wednesday October 8th, 2008 in writing | No comments »

Book Review: American Lightning

Tuesday October 7th, 2008 in book reviews | No comments »

David G. Schwartz

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.

You can learn more about him on the about page.