David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research, UNLV University Libraries) was asked to put the recent awarding of an National Hockey League franchise to Las Vegas into historical context for the Washington Post. His opinion piece, which draws on his historical research into gambling, ran on JUne 27.

David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) presented a talk, "Inside the Minds of Table Games Managers," which shared the insights gleaned from the Center for Gaming Research's table games manager oral history project and the resulting book, Tales from the Pit, at the June meeting of the Southern Nevada Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors.

David Schwartz (Libraries) won a 2015 Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Award in the Best Local Column category for his Green Felt Journal column, which appears in Vegas Seven.  

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) made numerous presentations in 2014, including "Getting the Mob Out: How Changes in Nevada Law Helped Push Organized Crime Out of Nevada Gaming," sponsored by the UNLV Gaming Law Society and Criminal Law Society; "Today's Gaming Trends," held at the Bob Maheu First Wednesday Lunch at the Las Vegas…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) and 10 graduates of the Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies or School of Communications won awards in this year's Nevada Press Association contest. Schwartz's awards came for his work in Vegas Seven magazine. He was recognized in the Best Local Column category for his bi-weekly "Green Felt…

David Schwartz (Libraries) has been selected to serve on the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee. The committee, which meets at the call of the governor to discuss matters of gaming policy, includes representatives from Nevada's government, Nevada's tribal members, gaming regulators, the gaming industry, and the general public. The objective of the…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) has been selected as one of "2013 40 Under 40 Leaders in Waiting" by Global Gaming Business magazine. At this year's G2E conference, Global Gaming Business and the Innovation Group joined with G2E and American Gaming Association leaders to kick off what will become an annual program, 'Emerging Leaders."…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) has just published his latest book, Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas, a biography of casino builder Jay Sarno (Caesars Palace and Circus Circus). The book already has achieved recognition. In honor of the book's Oct. 19 launch event at The D Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Mayor…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) received the Outstanding Library Faculty Scholarship Award. He published a new casino edition of his critically acclaimed history of gambling, Roll the Bones, to which he added a significant amount of new content on recent gaming developments in Las Vegas and Macau. In addition, he authored two…