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2nd occasional paper published

It’s a great day at the Center for Gaming Research. The second in the Occasional Papers Series has been published. Here’s the info: Larry Gragg. “The Powerful Mythology Surrounding Bugsy Siegel,” Occasional Paper Series 2. Las Vegas: Center for Gaming Research, University Libraries, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2010. Abstract: Journalists, authors, filmmakers, and historians […]

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Bugsy unearthed at UNLV!

We’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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Gaming Research Colloquium comes to town

The 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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