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Frontiers in Chance - Gaming Research Across the Disciplines (Paperback, First Edition, First ed.)
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Frontiers in Chance - Gaming Research Across the Disciplines (Paperback, First Edition, First ed.)
Series: Gambling Studies Series
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Loot Price R429
Discovery Miles 4 290
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The UNLV Center for Gaming Research's Occasional Paper Series
features papers on a variety of topics in gaming history,
economics, and operations from scholars and members of the
industry. This collection pulls together 17 papers originally
published in the series, making them available in one book for the
first time. Ranging from the mythologies surrounding notorious
gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel to a look at the lessons that the
financial crisis (should have) taught Las Vegas casinos to a
cross-national examination of how governments spend the money they
accrue from gambling proceeds and taxes, this collection draws on
several disciplines, including history, sociology, philosophy,
public policy, and business. Taken together, these papers provide a
snapshot into the diversity of work currently being conducted in a
variety of fields with the common focus of gambling, in its many
manifestations. Papers include: 1 "Seeking Value or Entertainment?"
David G. Schwartz 2 "The Powerful Mythology Surrounding Bugsy
Siegel" Larry Gragg 3 "The History of Baccarat" Theodore Whiting 4
"Nation, Corporation or Family?" Theodor Gordon 5 "The Promise of
Gangster Glamour" Laura Cook Kenna 6 "Taking the Points" Frederick
W. Krauss 7 "Gaming in Britain and America" Nicholas Tosney 8
"Where Locals Play" Rex J. Rowley 9 "Nevada Gaming Licensing"
Robert D. Faiss and Gregory R. Gemignani 10 "Betting on the U.S.
Market" Glenn Light, Karl Rutledge, and Quinton Singleton 11
"Souls/Soles of Signs" Darryl A. Smith 12 "Containment and
Virtualization" Kah-Wee Lee 13 "Halos, Alibis and Community
Development" Lynn Gidluck 14 "The Fiscal Forensics of the Las Vegas
Strip" Dean M. Macomber 15 "From the Last Frontier to the New
Cosmopolitan" Jessalynn Strauss 16 "Pyramids to Players Clubs"
Oliver Lovat 17 "Moral Markets and the Problematic Proprietor"
Christopher Wetzel The book includes illustrations in select
chapters, contributor biographies, and an index. About the Center
for Gaming Research Located within Special Collections at UNLV's
state-of-the-art Lied Library, the Center for Gaming Research is
committed to providing support for scholarly inquiry into all
aspects of gaming. Through its website, http: //gaming.unlv.edu,
the Center offers several unique research tools and information
sources.
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