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Neon Surveyed

Wednesday October 17th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Museum remodeling

Tuesday October 16th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Steve Friess speaking at UNLV

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

RTB in paperback

Friday September 28th, 2007 in what's new, writing | No comments »

Surveillance and Dickens

Tuesday September 25th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Econ 411 at UNR

Wednesday August 29th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Running in moonlight

Monday August 27th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Full moon + ETs = fun run

Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Get paid to do research in Las Vegas

Wednesday June 27th, 2007 in gambling & culture, what's new | No comments »

On the radio in Manchester

Friday June 22nd, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

6 to 5 Against signing

Thursday May 31st, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

News alert: Canada radio

Friday May 25th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

LV Marathon training starts

Friday May 25th, 2007 in life in vegas, what's new | No comments »

LV guide STILL out!

Thursday May 10th, 2007 in life in vegas, what's new, writing | No comments »

New Strip carpets added

Monday May 7th, 2007 in life in vegas, what's new | No comments »

In the news

Wednesday April 25th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Return to Vegas

Tuesday April 24th, 2007 in life in vegas, what's new | No comments »

Pseudo spring break

Tuesday April 10th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

RTB review

Wednesday March 28th, 2007 in what's new | No comments »

Punched by a drunk and looking for help

Monday March 26th, 2007 in what's new | 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.