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Book Review: Gay Vegas

Thursday November 8th, 2007 in book reviews, life in vegas | No comments »

Marathon publicity

Monday October 22nd, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Disapperaing act?

Friday October 19th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

One big garage

Thursday October 18th, 2007 in life in vegas | Comments Off

Steve Friess speaking at UNLV

Friday October 12th, 2007 in life in vegas, what's new | No comments »

Bright lights, bland music

Tuesday October 2nd, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Free Fremont

Monday October 1st, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Seeking inspiration

Monday September 24th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

OJ in Vegas

Friday September 14th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Casino carpet in the news

Monday September 10th, 2007 in business of gambling, life in vegas | No comments »

Turn down the lights!

Wednesday September 5th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Fremont East: Neon and check cashing!

Friday August 24th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

An Elven refuge in Las Vegas

Monday August 20th, 2007 in life in vegas | Comments Off

Plaza vs. Plaza

Friday August 10th, 2007 in life in vegas | 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 »

New Frontier closed

Monday July 16th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

From crackhouse to boutique

Thursday July 12th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Shooting at NY-NY

Friday July 6th, 2007 in life in vegas | No comments »

Second Life on Paradise

Friday June 29th, 2007 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.