The Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals (approximately 1980-1999) contains various human resource training manuals for Atlantic City, New Jersey properties (Playboy Casino, Atlantis, Golden Nugget), Las Vegas, Nevada properties (Fremont Casino, Stratosphere, New York New York, Planet Hollywood) Circus Circus in Mississippi, and various riverboat gaming locales. Of note is a the Playboy Bunny club training manual, UNLV gaming training workshop, and some general manuals related to how to respond to potential labor strikes.
Materials contain manuals, statistics, reports, publications, research files, pamphlets, and newspaper articles created and collected by Gary W. Royer as a Nevada Gaming Control Board auditing agent, gaming consultant, and researcher (1965-2009). The series is primarily comprised of research files about various gaming facilities, mainly in Nevada, that include management and operational control procedure manuals, reports, and statistics. Also included are files about Native American gaming that include management and operational control procedure manuals, reports, and gaming compacts. The series also contains publications and reports created by Royer’s company, Casino Control Corporation (CCC). The series also includes manuals and reports about various aspects of casino management and operational control including accounting, auditing, lottery, automatic data processing, keno, and slots.
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Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367). Printed on the back of the image is, "Sanremo, Riviera dei Fiori - Tavoli da gioco al Casino." Which translates to, "Sanremo, River of Flowers - Casino gaming tables."
Materials include conference brochures, conference schedules, conference presentations and summaries, newsletters and bulletins, and correspondence related to Eugene Martin Christiansen’s work as a gaming consultant from 1974 to 2012. The conference materials are primarily comprised of brochures, information packets, copies of presentations by Christiansen and other speakers, travel arrangements, registration information, and invitations. The newsletter and bulletins materials are comprised of newsletters and bulletins published by horse racing companies and interest groups, casinos and casino market research firms, and tourism research firms. The correspondence materials are primarily correspondence between Christiansen and other gaming researchers, casinos, state gaming control boards and other state agencies, gaming companies, banks and financial institutions, municipalities, and trade publications. The materials also include phone directories for Christiansen Capital Advisors.
Footage of early Las Vegas and then shots of Showboat casino interior and exterior as voice narrates a history of the casino and describes features and amenities of the hotel. Footage of gambling floor, guests enjoying different games, the bowling center, boxing matches, entertainers, golf, tennis, and swimming pool, and buffets. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.