nicholas tosney

New Occasional Paper up

I’ve posted an occasional paper from a former fellow, Nicholas Tosney, over at gaming.unlv.edu. Here’s the summary: Paper 08: December 2010 Nicholas Tosney. “Gaming in Britain and America: Some Historical Comparisons” Abstract: This paper compares the development of gambling in Britain during the late 17th and 18th centuries with the emergence of gambling in Nevada […]

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New podcast lecture up

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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Upcoming talks at the CGR

We’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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