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gambling & culture Archives

Predicting the Gaming HoF 2008

Tuesday January 29th, 2008 in business of gambling, gambling & culture | No comments »

Bet on the news

Monday January 28th, 2008 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Faith-based gaming

Thursday January 24th, 2008 in business of gambling, gambling & culture | No comments »

Bet on yourself!

Tuesday January 15th, 2008 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Things you need to tell the GCB

Thursday January 10th, 2008 in business of gambling, gambling & culture | No comments »

Bet pressing demonstrated

Monday December 17th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Lead in casino chips

Tuesday December 4th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Win the lottery, go to jail

Thursday November 29th, 2007 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Inhuman poker dealers

Tuesday November 27th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Download the future

Wednesday November 14th, 2007 in gambling & culture, life in vegas | No comments »

Jesus and the WSOP

Monday October 29th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Poker literature website, blog

Tuesday October 9th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

The wife jackpot

Wednesday September 26th, 2007 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Exchanging cards and dollars

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

Hong Kong races in Nevada

Wednesday August 8th, 2007 in gambling & culture, life in vegas | No comments »

Get paid to study in Vegas

Tuesday July 31st, 2007 in gambling & culture, life in vegas | No comments »

Garden Grove casino?

Monday July 30th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

WSOP 2007 rundown

Tuesday July 24th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

NBA ref gambling scandal

Friday July 20th, 2007 in gambling & culture | No comments »

Yang is WSOP champ 2007

Wednesday July 18th, 2007 in gambling & culture | 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.