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Slide of a table game, Canada, circa 1990s
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Slide of a casino interior, Netherlands, circa 1990s
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Slide of a change machine, Horsehoe Casino, Bossier City, Louisiana circa 1990s
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Photograph of Keno at El Rio Club
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Black and white photograph of the keno desk at El Rio Club.
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Postcard of roulette players, Nevada, circa 1910s to 1930s
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Collins, Peter, 1945-
British academic Peter Collins is an author, lecturer, and consultant on gambling and the gaming industry. A graduate of the Universities of Oxford and London, he founded and directed the National Centre for the Study of Gambling at the University of Cape Town in South Africa between 1995 and 1999. In 2000, he relocated to England, where he served as director of the Centre for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Salford, Manchester. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Public Policy in the university's Salford Business School.
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Reports prepared by Christiansen/Cummings Associates and Christiansen Capital Advisors, 1987 to 2013
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Materials contain reports written by researchers at Eugene Martin Christiansen's firm Christiansen Capital Advisors (CCA), and its predecessor, Christiansen/Cummings Associates, from 1987 to 2013. The reports examine the economic impacts of gambling, including the feasibility of building new gaming establishments, analyses of pari-mutuel wagering and simulcasting, the effects of state and federal legislation, financial stability of existing casinos, and economic projects for proposed casino and racetrack properties. Materials also include the CCA newsletter “Insight.”
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Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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MGM Mirage Corporation Records
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The MGM Mirage Corporation Records date from 1970 to 2010 and consist of the records of the Las Vegas, Nevada based global entertainment company. The collection contains organizational records, employee newsletters, files about the MGM Mirage diversity and inclusion initiative, correspondence, reports on gambling addiction, gambling statistics, press clippings, and audiovisual materials. There are also photographs, photographic slides, and photographic negatives of performers, corporate executives, and MGM Mirage properties.
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Photograph of Baldwin and Addington during the World Series of Poker, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 1979
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Bobby Baldwin (left); Crandall Addington. World Series of Poker, Binion's Horseshoe Hotel, Las Vegas (1974). Kodak developing stamp is dated May 1979. Stamped on back of photo: "Don Jenkins".
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Transcript of interview with Kate Hausbeck Korgan by Claytee White, February 3, 2010
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Kate Hausbeck Korgan was raised and educated in Buffalo, New York. In 1995, after receiving her doctorate in sociology from University of Buffalo, her job search brought her to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It was a great fit and she tells of falling in love with the school, the city, and the John S Park Neighborhood. Kate retells the story of the house where she and her family reside. It's original owners were the Gambles who built the house in 1936. It was the second house built in the neighborhood and is the only inhabited adobe house in the city. The house is located on the fringe of John S. Park Neighborhood, about a block off the Strip. Though the location creates traffic that she doesn't like, it is not enough to cause her to move. She describes the newer generation of residents and the changes as the number of school aged children increased. Kate's perspective includes what she describes as the ebb and flow of the community, the beginning of First Fridays, the
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