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

business of gambling Archives

What’s Trop worth?

Wednesday September 24th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling | 1 Comment »

Queen for a day

Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Low expectations are funny

Monday September 22nd, 2008 in business of gambling | 1 Comment »

Pinnacle deadlines?

Wednesday September 17th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling | 2 Comments »

Slotless bars in topless clubs

Tuesday September 16th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

2 new articles

Thursday September 11th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling, writing | No comments »

Things are getting worse…

Wednesday September 10th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Robo-poker at the Excal

Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

A new Strip hotel

Friday August 29th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | No comments »

“New Taj” opens

Wednesday August 27th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling | No comments »

Mesquite losing streak

Tuesday August 26th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Limiting gambling in South Korea

Thursday August 21st, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Wrong number

Wednesday August 20th, 2008 in business of gambling | 1 Comment »

Vegas tips from Oz

Tuesday August 19th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | 2 Comments »

Gambling study makes provocative claim

Friday August 15th, 2008 in business of gambling | 1 Comment »

M difference

Tuesday August 12th, 2008 in business of gambling | 2 Comments »

Lottery records falling

Wednesday July 30th, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Online gaming study

Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

Wynn hates bloggers

Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 in business of gambling | No comments »

It’s been worse

Friday July 18th, 2008 in business of gambling | 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.