As part of its mission to promote gaming research on UNLV's campus and elsewhere, in 2008 the Center for Gaming Research began sponsoring a series of mid-day talks.

The Gaming Research Colloquium series presents talks by visiting fellows, UNLV faculty members, and invited guests on a variety of gambling and Las Vegas topics.

Unless otherwise noted, all talks take place on a Friday afternoon, between 12:15 and 1:15 p.m., in the Special Collections Reading Room in Lied Library.

For directions to Lied Library, click here.

If you have additional questions, please call Special Collections at 702 895 2234.

Upcoming Gaming Research Colloquia

May 9

A Brief History of Casino Games

Stewart Ethier, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of Utah
Co-Editor, Optimal Play: Mathematical Studies of Games and Gambling

January 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

12:15-1:15, Special Collections Reading Room, Lied Library

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May 23

Indigeneity and Gaming, from Frontier to Fortune

Jessica Cattelino, Ph.D.

12:15-1:15, Special Collections Reading Room, Lied Library

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Past Colloquium Talks

March 28, 2008

Gamblers, Con Men, & Political Corruption: Denver 1889-1900

Jane Haigh

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
Author, King Con: The Story of Soapy Smith

March 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

12:15-1:15, Special Collections Reading Room, Lied Library

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March 21, 2008

Transforming Gambling Research into “Big History”

Larry Gragg, Ph.D.

Curators’ Teaching Professor
History and Political Science
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

March 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

12:15-1:15, Special Collections Reading Room, Lied Library

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