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Harrah’s total email fun

Friday September 19th, 2008 in photos, writing | 1 Comment »

2 new articles

Thursday September 11th, 2008 in atlantic city, business of gambling, writing | No comments »

Winslow’s 11 2008 is out!

Friday July 11th, 2008 in writing | No comments »

Casino carpet culture

Tuesday July 1st, 2008 in writing | No comments »

I’m teaching this summer

Friday March 28th, 2008 in writing | No comments »

Teach your kids about gambling

Monday March 3rd, 2008 in gambling & culture, writing | No comments »

New Hughes Reviews

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

LVBP column about the future

Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 in writing | No comments »

Getting away

Monday January 14th, 2008 in atlantic city, writing | No comments »

RTB in paperback

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

Enforced jolility

Thursday September 20th, 2007 in writing | No comments »

Critiquing community theater

Wednesday September 19th, 2007 in writing | No comments »

LV guide STILL out!

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

New Vegas guide out NOW!

Wednesday May 9th, 2007 in life in vegas, writing | No comments »

Vaguest book title yet, and something coming soon

Tuesday May 1st, 2007 in writing | No comments »

Urban encyclopedia

Thursday April 5th, 2007 in writing | No comments »

Manhattan signing

Friday February 9th, 2007 in what's new, writing | No comments »

The best book in Vegas

Wednesday January 3rd, 2007 in writing | No comments »

A foolish review of Roll the Bones

Wednesday November 29th, 2006 in writing | No comments »

Win a signed book!

Thursday November 2nd, 2006 in what's new, writing | 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.