Born and raised in the Philippines, Maila Aganon emigrated with her parents in 1992, after she completed her first semester of college. She describes as "typical" her youth as the youngest child (with brothers 5 and 7 years older) of a teacher who worked in another village and a father who worked out of the country. Although independent, she was part of a tightly knit village. The household spoke three languages: her mother's dialect, her father's dialect, and Tagalog.
Materials contain brochures, booklets, informational packets, catalogs, company profiles, video recordings, machine motherboard schematics, operator manuals, and advertisements (1967-2000) produced by casino industry vendors and collected by Gary W. Royer. The materials are primarily comprised of data about gaming suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors that include company profiles, categorization of business type, notes, and records of owners and key employees.