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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 »

Cooking the goose?

Tuesday March 11th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Is Vegas lost in time?

Monday March 10th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Comments that don’t stay in Vegas

Thursday February 21st, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

RJ says: Be more sadistic!

Monday February 18th, 2008 in haphazard world, life in vegas | No comments »

Confusion plus

Tuesday February 12th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

New Hughes Reviews

Tuesday February 5th, 2008 in life in vegas, writing | No comments »

No Room for reading at Mandalay

Monday February 4th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Cosmo needs a rescue?

Thursday January 31st, 2008 in business of gambling, life in vegas | No comments »

Fire at Monte Carlo

Friday January 25th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

Best name ever?

Friday January 11th, 2008 in life in vegas | No comments »

The worst hotel in Las Vegas

Tuesday January 8th, 2008 in life in vegas | 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.