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life in vegas Archives

Fake Vegas explored

Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | No comments »

Accent on weirdness

Wednesday June 18th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Why is Vegas Vegas?

Thursday May 29th, 2008 in life in vegas | 1 Comment »

Strip shell game!

Tuesday May 27th, 2008 in life in vegas, photos | No comments »

My neighbor’s beanbag

Friday May 23rd, 2008 in life in vegas, photos | No comments »

New bidder for Trop?

Monday May 12th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | No comments »

Book review: Super Casino

Monday May 12th, 2008 in book reviews, business of gambling, life in vegas | 2 Comments »

Vegas is a total cluster

Friday May 2nd, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

How Vegans are spending their tax rebates

Monday April 28th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Your cart doesn’t stay in Vegas

Thursday April 24th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

AC strikes back!

Thursday April 17th, 2008 in atlantic city, life in vegas | Comments Off

Unrestricted not so easy

Thursday April 17th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | Comments Off

Bad marker police

Friday April 11th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | Comments Off

Either that’s a typo…

Thursday April 10th, 2008 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Who needs algebra?

Tuesday April 1st, 2008 in haphazard world, life in vegas | Comments Off

Casino carpet in the LVRJ

Sunday March 30th, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | Comments Off

Betting against earthquakes in Vegas

Tuesday March 25th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Avoiding trouble

Monday March 24th, 2008 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Something different

Friday March 21st, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Book Review: Winner Takes All

Friday March 21st, 2008 in book reviews, life in vegas | No comments »

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.

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