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Not much time to write because of a big project I’m working on, but I’ve posted the latest UNLV Gaming Podcast: it’s an interview done at the Casino Marketing Conference with Nichole Barker and Hetty Fore, who share their expertise about casinos using the “new media” to talk to patrons and potential customers. You can […]
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what's newYou’ll have to wait until September, but you’ll be able to hear surveillance expert Derk Boss discuss current trends in casino surveillance and loss prevention. Here’s the summary: September 3, 2009 Gaming Research Colloquium Series: Derk Boss, DJ Boss and Associates “Behind the Camera: Current Trends in Casino Surveillance and Loss Prevention” Thursday, September 3,
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what's newI’ve put up today’s Gaming Colloquium lecture as a podcast. You can listen to it here or subscribe in iTunes. You know, I don’t think Steve Cyr used the word “zeitgeist” in his talk, and Bjerg didn’t once mention boozed-up high rollers. That’s what I like about this speakers’ series–we can hear a real diversity
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what's newIt looks like this is going to be the new look of this site for a while. I’m pretty busy with other projects so I don’t have the hours I need to work on the thorough redesign, and there’s only so much sleep you can miss before it catches up with you. I might adjust
I upgraded WordPress to version 2.8 this morning, after having put off every upgrade since 2.5. Everything went fine (or so it seemed), but after the installation was complete, I had a blank page here. There’s some kind of problem with the custom theme I’ve been using, so I’ve adopted this theme temporarily. All the
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what's newI’ve got thrilling new podcast up over at the UNLV site: 10-June 9, 2009 Dylan Evans, University College, Cork At the 14th International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking, Dr. Schwartz interviews Dr. Evans, who presented a paper on the risk intelligence of expert gamblers. When it comes to assessing risk, expert gamblers are far better
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what's newJust in time for the World Series of Poker, we’re having a very special Gaming Research Colloquium Series talk at UNLV: June 25, 2009 Gaming Research Colloquium Series: Dr. Ole Bjerg, Copenhagen Business School "Whats in a Game? The Co-Evolution of Poker and Capitalism" Thursday, June 25, 12:15 PM Special Collections Reading Room View flyer
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what's newI was lucky enough to get three good interviews with people who spoke at the 14th International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking last week, and I’ve uploaded the first of them: a twelve-minute chat with Dr. Douglas Walker, who spoke on how the social costs of gambling are used and abused and casino crime. You
Since I’ll be running around the 14th Annual Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking for most of this week, I won’t be posting much here. When I return, though, I should have a few podcastable interviews and much more fun stuff.
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what's newAs promised, I’m continuing the podcast even while the Colloquium series goes on hiatus for the summer. Yesterday I did an interview with John Blink, who co-wrote a book about the California Hotel and Casino. Last week I reviewed the book, so take a look if you want a preview. This is a quick (about
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what's newIn Steve Cyr’s talk last week, he made more than one reference to Mister Falcon, a legendary high roller who’s apparently been seen in town with Bruce Willis. I don’t know what you thought you heard, but that’s what the work-safe version should sound like. I was thinking about Mister Falcon today when I got
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what's newWe’ve got an outstanding new podcast up over at the UNLV Center for Gaming Research. You’ve really got to hear it to believe it: 07-April 30, 2009 Steve Cyr, "From Hotel School to the Celebrity Suite: My Career in the Casino Industry” Cyr, a legendary Las Vegas casino host, shoots from the hip as only
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what's newYes, we’ve got another hugely interesting talk tomorrow at UNLV: casino superhost Steve Cyr, currently of the Hard Rock, who is the subject of Deke Castleman’s Whale Hunt in the Desert. The talk begins at 2. You can find more information here. Cyr is a UNLV alum and always has something interesting to say. Other
We were lucky to host an outstanding Gaming Research Colloquium talk today: Dr. Nicholas Tosney spoke about some parallels between early modern British gambling and 20th century Las Vegas gambling. Great stuff that I highly recommend. Nick Tosney: Commercialization, Crime, and Casinos – Center for Gaming Research. Subscribe to the UNLV Gaming Podcast in iTunes,
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what's newI did a short radio interview with 94.9 in San Diego about, of all things, casinos and smells. Here’s a description and a link to the audio: After reading an article in the Union-Tribune about new scents (that’s right, smells) being installed in a local casino to entice gamblers to stay and play longer, Hansen
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what's newWe’ve got two great talks scheduled for the Center for Gaming Research later this month. The first, “Commercialization, Crime, and Casinos: Legacies of 18th Century Gambling,” is by Dr. Nicholas Tosney, our April visiting fellow and a really cool guy to boot. You can see the flyer here. Dr. Tosney is speaking in Special Collections
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what's newI’m going to be mostly out of the office on an extended project for the next week or so, so you probably won’t be seeing too many posts here. If you’re trying to get in touch with me, email is the best option, though even that’s going to be spotty for a while.
The fifth episode of the UNLV Gaming Research podcast series is up, and it’s a great one: Jacob Avery, our February 2009 Research Fellow, talks about his sociological research into poker, which started in an Atlantic City card room and has taken him to UNLV Special Collections’ Reading Room. Avery, a graduate student in sociology
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gambling & culture, what's newThis morning I was lucky enough to get a few minutes to interview Dr. Bill Eadington, director of the University of Nevada Reno’s Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming. The Institute has two programs that I think will be of particular interest to a wide audience. The first is the Graduate Certificate
The third UNLV Gaming podcast, a talk by author Bill Zender (Casino-ology) is up, both on the UNLV Gaming podcast page and in iTunes. Or you can download the mp3 file right here. For more information, see:UNLV Center for Gaming Research: Podcasts.
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