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Industry. Gambling Winnings. Withholding. Contains correspondence and memos, 1980 January to 1980 February

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Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 78 (96th Session)

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Postcard of people gambling and holding guns at one another in a draw, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date

1900 to 1989

Description

A postcard illustrating two women and a man playing poker, all with their guns drawn n.d. Inscription on back.

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Postcard of Weepah, Nevada, desert and gambling scenes, Death Valley Scotty, Frank Horton, Jr., and Tex Rickard, circa 1900s-1920s

Date

1900 to 1929

Description

A picture postcard with photographs of prospectors Death Valley Scotty (Walter E. Scott) and Frank Horton [Jr.], promoter Tex Rickard, two saloon gambling scenes, a panoramic view of Weepah, Nevada in 1927, and an illustration of a coyote in the desert (captioned "The orphan of the desert").

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Last Frontier Village, Silver Slipper Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 to 1999

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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2003 annual report; "Journal of Gambling Studies," volume 19, number 4; "Personal Financial Strategies for the Loved Ones of Problem Gamblers" handbook; and "National News" newsletter of the National Council on Problem Gambling, 2000, 2003, 2008

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File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 49

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Wong, Thorp and Griffin (depicted from left to right) attending Fifth National Conference on Gambling and Risk: photographic print

Date

1981-10

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The Fifth National Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking was held at Caesars Tahoe Hotel and Casino, Stateline, Nevada in October 1981.

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Minnesota: Minnesota Planning, "High Stakes: Gambling in Minnesota 1992" report; Minnesota Planning, "Minnesota Gambling 1993" report; Minnesota State Lottery, "Gambling in Minnesota: Who? What? Where?" report; Hoenack, Stephen A. and Gary Renz, "Effects of Indian-Owned Casinos on Self-Generating Economic Development in Non-Urban Areas of Minnesota" report; and a journal article, 1992-1995

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File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 7

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Pick a Card, article from Gambling Times, 1987 September

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas Clark Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00307
Collection Name: Thomas Clark Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04

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