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Gaming research files, 1950 to 1987

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Scope and Contents

The gaming research files (1950-1987) contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, bulletins, articles, and chapters for one of Clark's books on gaming. There are also note cards of gambling terms used in the casino industry, gambling guides, and information on a lexicon of gaming and gambling.

Archival Collection

Thomas Clark Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00307
Collection Name: Thomas Clark Professional Papers
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Archival Component

Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming Markets

Identifier

MS-00554

Abstract

The Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming (1962-2001) consists of materials collected by Aikaterine Vervilos, an Arizona attorney, for her University of Nevada, Reno master's thesis, "Public Policy and the New Casino Gaming Markets." The collection contains reports on gambling law and horse racing, legal proceedings, and studies related to horse racing, simulcast and off-track betting, peri-mutual gaming, Native American gaming in the United States.

Archival Collection

Postcard of people playing blackjack at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s-early 1960s

Date

1956 to 1963

Description

Postcard showing people gambling at a blackjack table in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Hit me!" Caption on back: "'21' -- or 'blackjack,' Las Vegas, Nevada. Color courtesty -- Flamingo Hotel." "P35067." Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Photograph of people camping on Las Vegas Creek, 1880 - early 1900s

Date

1880 to 1929

Description

Unidentified people gambling and camping on the Las Vegas Creek below Bonanza. One of the men is Johnnie Horden, probably gambling.

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Gambling industry

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Subject

Compulsive gambling

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Gambling systems

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Gambling literature

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Indians -- Gambling

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