The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) subject files date from 1988 to 2005 and include materials produced by and about NIGC and the organization's efforts to support Native American economic development through gaming on Native American lands. Materials include reports, legislative documents, congressional records, testimonies, newsletters, publications, pamphlets, correspondence, memos, press releases, agendas, booklets, and newspaper articles.
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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: N/A
Materials include news reports, totalizator reports, and reports of private organizations concerning legal and illegal gambling in various countries from 1948 to 2004 collected by Eugene Martin Christiansen. The countries most represented in the materials are Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, and Spain. The topics include gambling legalization or illegalization, horse racing, lotteries, pari-mutuel wagering, and possible investment in casinos by multinational companies, as well as entertainment topics such as television markets, films, and vacation resorts.
Local news anchors discuss the public forum on "Vegasone.com" request to use the city's name and seal on their online gaming company; clips with Oscar Goodman discuss the potential profit from the agreement while others discuss the potential conflict; John L. Smith discusses the possibility of approval for the deal and mention that Stupak has an investment in the deal. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Bob Stupak Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01016 Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 42
From Clarence Ray Photograph Collection (PH-00326). Calvin Washington (far left) runs the crap game at the El Morocco Club on the Las Vegas Westside, the final night before its 1954 closing. Standing next to him is Cleo Johns. Clarence Ray, night manager of the club, is not pictured.