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RY on the UNLV Gaming podcast series

The UNLV Gaming podcast continues to get high-level media attention, including an article in the latest Rebel Yell: UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research is bringing its unique Gaming Research Colloquium Series into the Web and the rest of the world by featuring each lecture as a downloadable podcast. “It’s a chance for people who can’t

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I’m giving money away again

It’s not just me–there’s actually a selection committee involved. And there are definitely strings attached. But if you are a professor or graduate student who wants to do some research in the collections at UNLV, you might be interested in this: The Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas http://gaming.unlv.edu invites

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New UNLV Gaming Research podcast is up

I heartily encourage you to check out the new podcast over at the Center for Gaming Research site–Leslie Nino Fidance’s talk, The Mob Never Ran Vegas. Fidance dissects the claim that, in days of yore, the mob “ran” Las Vegas, and explores the anti-organized crime efforts of Nevada regulators along the way. This is exactly

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Q&Aed

If you’ve always wanted to know what I think the best romantic hangout in Las Vegas is, your modest dreams have come true. There’s a Q & A with me up on VEGASLINKS.BLOGSPOT.COM. In the “great minds think alike” vein, check out my answer to what I consider the best place to get my groove

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New UNLV event announced

I’m pleased to announce a new Gaming Research Colloquium event at UNLV: February 23, 2009 Gaming Research Colloquium Series: Bill Zender Special Event with the author of “Casino-ology: The Art of Managing Casino Games” Monday, February 23, 2:00 pm Extended Study Area, Lied Library Refreshments will be served and books will be available for purchase.

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Talking about the Mob at UNLV

If you can make it, we’re hosting a provocative talk at UNLV in two weeks. Here’s the info: January 29, 2009 Gaming Research Colloquium Series: Leslie Nino Fidance William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV “The Mob Never Ran Vegas” Thursday, January, 12:15 pm UNLV Special Collections Download flyer (pdf) Center for Gaming Research: Special

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UNLV Gaming podcasts are imminent!

I’m doing a ton of work on the gaming.unlv.edu pages in preparation for even bigger changes early next year, which you can see on the main page. While I don’t have an iTunes channel yet, I’ve uploaded the audio of Cristina Turdean’s Colloquium talk. You can download it here: UNLV Center for Gaming Research: Podcasts.

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Gaming Talk Next Week

We’re having another event in our Gaming Research Colloquium Series at UNLV. Next Tuesday at 12:15 Christina Turdean, a grad student from the University of Delaware, is speaking about her research. The talk is called “Betting on Computers: Digital Technologies and the Rise of the Gaming Industry in the US, 1960-2000.” If you’re on the

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Gaming Hall of Fame updated, completed

After a long and grueling slog, I’ve finally finished the Gaming Hall of Fame exhibit over at gaming.unlv.edu. That means that each of the 68 inductees has his/her (mostly his) own entry. Many of them have photos as well. What’s so great about the Hall of Fame? Read up: Induction into the Gaming Hall of

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