{ thoughts on a world of chance from David G. Schwartz }

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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 »

Behind Poker Face 2

Wednesday October 11th, 2006 in writing | Comments Off

Rolling in the East

Monday September 25th, 2006 in what's new, writing | Comments Off

Craps, faith, and paradise

Wednesday July 19th, 2006 in writing | No comments »

Roll the Update

Tuesday July 4th, 2006 in writing | No comments »

From 06/06/06 to 10/05/06

Tuesday June 6th, 2006 in what's new, writing | No comments »

More translating fun

Thursday June 1st, 2006 in writing | No comments »

Fun with amazon

Tuesday March 28th, 2006 in writing | No comments »

The lottery of death!?!

Wednesday December 14th, 2005 in gambling & culture, writing | No comments »

The bones have been rolled

Friday July 22nd, 2005 in writing | No comments »

Cutting the Wire is here (virtually)!

Wednesday June 29th, 2005 in writing | No comments »

Eric Monkkonen

Wednesday June 15th, 2005 in writing | No comments »

Rolling along

Thursday March 31st, 2005 in writing | 1 Comment »

Cutting the Wire!

Thursday February 17th, 2005 in writing | 1 Comment »

Casino cafeteria

Thursday February 10th, 2005 in writing | 3 Comments »

Daily Quote for 2/7/05

Monday February 7th, 2005 in gambling & culture, writing | No comments »

Bringing down the school district

Friday January 28th, 2005 in writing | 2 Comments »

Getting Reviewed

Thursday January 13th, 2005 in writing | 4 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.