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

haphazard world Archives

What happens at the coffeehouse…

Monday January 9th, 2006 in haphazard world | No comments »

Super warriors

Tuesday December 20th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Ode to W.

Tuesday December 6th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Stealing sleep

Monday November 21st, 2005 in atlantic city, haphazard world | No comments »

Robot jockeys explained

Friday November 18th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Liquid assets stolen

Thursday November 3rd, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Is this a bust?

Monday October 31st, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

The lottery millionaire and the purloined plastic

Friday October 28th, 2005 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Ugly Couches

Wednesday October 26th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Payday in AZ

Monday September 26th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

A t-shirt for the times

Tuesday September 20th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Selling air

Wednesday August 31st, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Robot jockeys!

Friday July 15th, 2005 in haphazard world | 1 Comment »

Applying oneself

Wednesday June 22nd, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Betting from beyond the grave

Tuesday June 7th, 2005 in gambling & culture, haphazard world | No comments »

Don’t eat your friends?

Monday June 6th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

Genius at work.

Wednesday June 1st, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

This is cool

Tuesday April 26th, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

The pope’s blogsite?

Friday April 22nd, 2005 in haphazard world | No comments »

The World

Tuesday April 5th, 2005 in haphazard world | 1 Comment »

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.