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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The former governor traces his upbringing in a Las Vegas under mob control, his father's rise to a businessman, his own pursuits in law and politics, and his son's achievements as Nevada's Secretary of State.
Author
Publisher
Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This intriguing biography recounts the life of the legendary Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, revealing his true role in the development of Las Vegas and debunking some of the common myths about his notoriety"--
Publisher
TravelVideoStore.com
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A frenetic neon mirage in the desert: that's the Las Vegas Strip! A pyramid looms up from this desert haven, guarded by a sphinx. An excursion in ancient Egypt? No, it's the Luxor Hotel, one of the many magnificent illusions in this amazing city. Behind the façade of a medieval castle, the Excalibur Resort contains more than 4000 rooms in a mind-boggling blend of the Arthurian legend and spectacular kitsch. The casino is entered via the Brooklyn...
Series
Publisher
Nev. Dept. of Cultural Affairs
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Highlights the history and work culture of casino and entertainment workers in Las Vegas. Based on contemporary fieldwork this project offers a fresh perspective of Las Vegas through the eyes of people who live and work in the city. The 24 Hour Show is a collaborative project between the Western Folklife Center and the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas."-Accompanying material.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Poker legend Stu Ungar won millions playing card games. He was one of two people ever to win the World Series of Poker three times. But, in spite of his success, a life of excess and addiction left him in tremendous debt and could only end in tragedy.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Semyon Dukach was the darling of Las Vegas. A legend at twenty-one, this hotshot was the biggest high roller in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop--a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything tried before. From Atlantic City to the jewel of the gambling crown, Monte Carlo, Dukach and his...
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Las Vegas has been described as "the last great, mythic city that Western civilization will ever create," and its brief, phenomenal history has been largely shaped by a handful of colorful and astute casino operators who turned a dusty desert town into the gawdy, booming holiday mecca that it is today. The men who shaped Las Vegas were working without a model, and the city they invented is like none other on earth, where gambling is glorified, and...
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