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G.A.: Sharing Recovery Through Gamblers Anonymous, 2023
Collection Name: Bob Weinstein Papers on Compulsive Gambling
Box/Folder: Box 14
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Photograph of casino interior inside Stardust, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1974
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Photograph of the casino interior of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), circa 1930s
Crowded interior view of the Boulder Club on Fremont Street. Transcribed from original: "The busy Boulder Club, at Las Vegas, Nev., has been in operation since 1929 under the original ownership. Even Faro is played here, and the club provides both bingo and a race book to take care of all tastes in gaming."
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Dunes Hotel and Casino Promotional and Publicity Materials
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Dunes Hotel and Casino Promotional and Publicity Materials consist of newspaper clippings, artifacts, show programs, and other promotional and publicity materials about the Dunes Hotel and Casino. Also included in this collection is a videotape recording of Channel 13's live coverage of the Dunes Hotel implosion in 1993.
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Inez Rambeau oral history interview
Oral history interview with Inez Rambeau conducted by Jane Ellsworth Olive on March 26, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Rambeau begins by discussing her family's history in gambling, specifically how her family ran a casino in Louisiana before it was legalized there. Rambeau then discusses her career as the director of sales at the Riviera Hotel & Casino and the convention sales business, as well as efforts to transform Las Vegas into a convention city. She also talks about her boss, Elmo H. Ellsworth, and how he generated interest in Las Vegas with clients and encouraged the city's development.
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Paul Sarno oral history interview
Oral history interview with Paul Sarno conducted by David G. Schwartz on July 13, 2007 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Project. Sarno begins by discussing the Sarno family, his grandparents, their Jewish heritage, and the early life of his uncle, Jay Sarno, and his father. Sarno then describes how his uncle married a lot later than his older siblings and he was the only one who had personal hobbies such as golf. Sarno then chronicles his uncle’s role as a businessman in Las Vegas, Nevada and how he only visited Las Vegas once because his father was a gambling addict. Lastly, Sarno discusses everything he knew about his uncle’s relationship with Allen Dorfman, the Teamster’s Union, and his legal troubles with the Internal Revenue Service.
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Newsletters, correspondence, and reports, 1979-1988
Collection Name: Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Box/Folder: Box 01
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"Comments to the Annual Meeting of the Associated Press Managing Editors", 1983
Collection Name: Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Box/Folder: Box 01
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"Health and Physical Disease Problems of Inpatient Pathological Gamblers", 1984
Collection Name: Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Box/Folder: Box 02
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