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 Thursday 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

October 23. 2008

"There Were Few Solid Facts to Get in the Way":
Popular Perceptions of Bugsy Siegel as Founding Father of Las Vegas

A Special Presentation for Nevada Archives Week 2008

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

Special Time: 7:30 PM

Special Location: Lied Library Extended Study Lounge--First Floor

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December 2, 2008

Betting on Computers: Digital Technologies and the Rise of the Gaming Industry in the U.S., 1960-2000

Cristina Turdean

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
University of Delaware

November 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

Tuesday, December 2, 12:15 pm

UNLV Special Collections

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March 13, 2009

The Social Worlds of Everyday Poker Players

Jacoby Avery

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania

November 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

Thursday, March 13, 12:15 pm

UNLV Special Collections

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Past Colloquium Talks

June 27, 2008

Sex in the Marketplace:
The Making of a Sexual Culture in Postwar Las Vegas

Matt Johnson

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
Temple University

June 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

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May 9, 2008

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

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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

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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

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