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Postcard of gun fight gambling scene, 1954

Date

1954

Description

A postcard illustrating a gambling scene where someone is cheating. The caption reads, "When a pair of sixes beats aces: Surprised in the act of padding his hand with aces fed to him by the town roust-about, the crooked gambler looks into the muzzles of a pair of six guns". The depiction is from an original oil painting by Ernest Reedstrom.

Image

Organized crime and gambling, 1967-1976

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The organized crime and gambling series is composed entirely of reference files of newspaper clippings that document organized crime and gambling in general in the United States.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

"Gambling Behavior", 1982

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
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Collection Number: MS-00578
Collection Name: Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Postcard of cowboys gambling with hands up, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date

1900 to 1989

Description

A postcard illustrating an outside gambling scene with cowboys.

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Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling

Identifier

MS-00320

Abstract

The Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling are comprised of various professional papers, reports, articles, and documents related to compulsive gambling and pathological gambling dating from 1968 to 1987. The focus of the records is compulsive gambling, therapy and treatments, and Gambler's Anonymous. Many of the papers included are copies of articles and conference papers about problem gaming.

Archival Collection

Collins, Peter, "Gambling and Problem Gambling in South Africa: A Comparative Report", 2009

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00785
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 08

Archival Component

Wiebe, Jamie, et al, "Gambling and Problem Gambling in Ontario, 2005", 2005

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00785
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 08

Archival Component

Risk Analysis of Gambling: Study of the Nature and Extent of Gambling in the Netherlands, 1993 October

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

William R. Eadington Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00646
Collection Name: William R. Eadington Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Sports gambling and betting

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

William R. Eadington Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00646
Collection Name: William R. Eadington Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Anniversary of Gambling, 1981

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Willard Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00435
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: Box 14

Archival Component