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

haphazard world Archives

Friday the 13th

Friday July 13th, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

New hot dog champ

Thursday July 5th, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

Banish the monkey

Tuesday May 8th, 2007 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Dress badly, win a Vegas vacation

Wednesday May 2nd, 2007 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Don’t bother winning–you won’t enjoy it

Friday April 6th, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

Ocean’s 14?

Tuesday March 27th, 2007 in business of gambling, haphazard world | No comments »

Implosion, and thoughts on a goat man

Tuesday March 13th, 2007 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Casinos into libraries

Friday March 2nd, 2007 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Anti-casino archives

Thursday March 1st, 2007 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Jack Potts to the rescue

Monday February 26th, 2007 in atlantic city, haphazard world | Comments Off

Casino maternity ward

Monday February 5th, 2007 in atlantic city, haphazard world | No comments »

Better than casino carpet

Monday January 22nd, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

Gambling is bigger than chocolate

Friday January 19th, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

All you can eat at the ballpark

Friday January 12th, 2007 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Casino carpet strikes back!

Tuesday January 9th, 2007 in haphazard world | No comments »

Lies, Inc.

Tuesday November 28th, 2006 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

A great headline

Friday November 3rd, 2006 in atlantic city, haphazard world | No comments »

Tiki heritage

Friday September 22nd, 2006 in haphazard world | Comments Off

ATM + roulette = fun?

Wednesday August 30th, 2006 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

An evil, legendary hybrid mutant

Thursday August 17th, 2006 in haphazard world | 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.