Oral history interview with Michael Arage conducted by Dalton DuPré on November 12, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Michael Arage discusses his upbringing in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario, Canada with his sister and his Filipino-Palestinian heritage. He talks about how his parents immigrated to the United States, his life and education in Toronto, and his relocation to Los Angeles, California where he married his wife. Michael Arage shares how the couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2012 when his wife started a job at Zappos. Because he lacked a work visa, Michael Arage began playing poker and working in sports betting. In 2019, he founded a community organization to support the people of Palestine, called Nevadans for Palestinian Human Rights. Michael Arage talks about his activism efforts, anti-Arab racism, his cultural upbringing, and of Filipino and Arabic foods and customs. He also shares his views of living in Las Vegas, the difficulties of raising a child away from her cousins, and differing governmental policies and healthcare between Canada and the United States.
The international subject files include materials about gaming and non-gaming topics in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the Pacific Islands dating from approximately 1991 to 2015. The materials include socioeconomic reports, national surveys, annual reports, Alberta Gaming Research Institute materials, conference materials, maps, brochures, booklets, journal articles, periodicals, promotional materials, photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, and newspaper articles. The international subject files focus primarily on gaming and non-gaming topics in Australia and Canada and provide valuable documentation for national and international comparative research.
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Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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The Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming (1974-2010) consist of materials collected or written by Professor Peter Collins on legalized gambling. The collection includes research papers, industry and government reports, and media reports on the development, legality, economics, and ethics of legalized gambling. Most of the materials focus on gambling in the United Kingdom; the balance of the material covers South Africa, Canada, the United States, the European Union, Australia, some Asian-Pacific nations, and materials not specific to location.