Just 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 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’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 newThe 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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what's newThe 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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what's newIt’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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what's newI 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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what's newI’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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what's newAs you can tell from the title, I’m back from the Winter Getaway and hard at work on several projects. I’m trying to line up an exciting author event in February and have several other gaming research irons in the fire. I’ve also gotten a new recording device and may post a mini-test podcast later
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what's newIf 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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what's newI’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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what's newWe’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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news about gambling, what's newWe’re having a great talk next Thursday night down at the library. It’s been on the gaming.unlv.edu schedule for a while, but I thought it would be nice to offer a friendly reminder: "There Were Few Solid Facts to Get in the Way": Popular Perceptions of Bugsy Siegel as Founding Father of Las Vegas A
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life in vegas, news about gamblingIt’s not every day that you read an editorial bashing the place you work, and your colleague’s mental acumen and productivity. Well, if you work at UNLV it might be. First, a social work professor throws his peers under the bus by complaining that their work isn’t being published in enough indexed journals. Then he
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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what's newAnd it’s a creative writing seminar, right here at UNLV. And the first thing I’ll say is that it’s OK to start a paragraph with “and.” And then I’ll say that if you start 3 sentences in a row with the same word, your reader will begin to get annoyed. The class is called “Crafting
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writingThe International Gaming Institute and Center for Gaming Research are co-sponsoring yet another author event at UNLV. This one will be held at the Stan Fulton Building, and stars Tom Breitling, the former co-owner of the Golden Nugget. For more info, check here: News – Tom Breitling – Double or Nothing I’m looking forward to
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what's newThe Center for Gaming Research is sponsoring a new series of Gaming Research Colloquia that feature lunchtime talks by gambling researchers at UNLV Special Collections. Check it out: March 21 Transforming Gambling Research into “Big History” Larry Gragg, Ph.D. Curators’ Teaching Professor History and Political Science Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, Missouri March
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