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New exhibit: The Sarno Awards

The Center for Gaming Research Update recaps the past month at the Center. The November edition is the first for this publication, but it will be a regular monthly feature going forward.

December 2011

November 2011

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The Center for Gaming Research, inside UNLV's Lied Library, provides support for scholarly inquiry into all aspects of gambling, including the business of gaming, its economic and social impacts and its historical and cultural manifestations.

For statistics by state, visit the Jurisdictions page. For historical information on gaming corporations, visit the Companies Page.

The Reports page includes data on gaming at local, statewide, and national levels and a list of gambling-related dissertations, among other material.

The Occasional Paper Series features more in-depth academic work, and the Podcast page includes recordings of lectures and interviews with gaming executives and scholars.

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Latest Reports, Papers, & Podcasts

Nevada Gaming Revenues
Nevada Gaming: Assets, Liabilities and Expenses, 1984-2011 New January 2012
Statewide Casinos’ Revenue, Liabilities, Assets, and Selected Expenses

Nevada Gaming Statistics: November Comparison Current Month
Statewide, Las Vegas Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, Boulder Strip, and Washoe County figures for the month of November, 2004-2011

Podcasts
>>Paul Steelman, Part II
In this December interview, Sarno Award-winning casino architect Paul Steelman reflects on his career in the field and shares his thoughts on Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and several other casino jurisidictions. Part II of II. download audio file (mp3)

>>Thomas Norman
Norman is a Fellow in economics at Magdalen College, Oxford.  His research is in game theory, and his project at UNLV is the game-theoretic study of poker.  In particular, his work extends a standard model of poker to the case where players can bet any amount from their stack, and analyzes how this modification alters game-theoretic predictions. download audio file (mp3) view flyer (pdf) more podcasts

Reports
>>Nevada's Online Gaming Regulations New December 2011
Changes Adopted December 22, 2011: A Detailed Summary and Analysis

>>Major Gaming Jurisdictions: Ten-Year Comparison New March 2011
Selected Casino Markets, 2001-2010
Includes slot and table (where available) data for: Nevada Statewide, Clark County, the Las Vegas Strip, Atlantic City, Mississippi, Connecticut (slots only), Macau, and Pennsylvania

>>Average Big Las Vegas Strip Casino, 2011 New January 2012
A statistical summary of the average Las Vegas Strip casino (with annual gaming revenues of over $72 million) with both gaming and non-gaming revenues and information on employment, taxes, and expenses.

Papers

>>>Darryl A. Smith. "Souls/Soles of Signs: Tell Totems and the Sphinx Wager" - view paper (pdf)

>>>Glenn Light, Karl Rutledge, and Quinton Singleton. “Betting on the U.S. Market: A Discussion of the Legality of Sports Gaming Businesses” - view paper (pdf)

more papers

Exhibit
>>The Sarno Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Casino Design
This new exhibit celebrates the work of the nine winners of the award, which is given annually at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. view exhibit | more exhibits