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Postcard of people gambling in Merchants Hotel in Goldfield, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Postcard of people gambling in Merchants Hotel in Goldfield, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Slide of a table game, Canada, circa 1990s

Date
1990 to 1999
Description
A table game at an unidentified casino in Canada.

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National Council on Problem Gambling, "Problem and Pathological Gambling in America: The National Picture" report, 1997 January

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00658
Collection Name: Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 140

Archival Component

National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC) files, 1980-2002

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Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

The National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC) files document NGISC’s efforts to survey gambling in the United States dating from approximately 1980 to 2002, with the bulk of materials dating from 1997 to 1999. Spilde worked on a subcommittee of the commission that researched the impacts of Native American gaming and non-Native American gaming on Native American and non-Native American communities. The materials include NGISC testimonies; agendas; memos from NGISC, the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), and the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC); correspondence from corporations and private communities regarding their support of Native American gaming; socioeconomic reports; journal articles; and newspaper articles. The socioeconomic reports investigate a number of topics such as state lotteries, Native American gaming, and advertising.

Archival Collection
Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Basham, Patrick, and Karen White, "Gambling with Our Future? The Costs and Benefits of Legalized Gambling" report, 2002

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 73

Archival Component

National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, "Compulsive Gambling: Crime and Drugs" report, 1995 October 28

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 75

Archival Component

Hess, Harrie F. Motivation for gambling as revealed in the marketing methods of legitimate gambling industry, Psychological Reports, 1969

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Volberg, Rachel A. A Review of Two Measures of Pathological Gambling in the United States, Journal of Gambling Studies 6(2), 1990

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 17

Archival Component

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics

Identifier
MS-00626
Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics consists of photocopied periodicals and book chapters on a wide variety of gaming and general Las Vegas, Nevada topics. The majority of the collection material focuses on problem gambling and were copied from psychology, psychiatry, and addiction journals originating in the United States and Europe. Original dates of publication range from approximately 1837 to 1999. Other topics include tourism, southern Nevada history, and Howard Hughes' influence in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Sahara Hotel roulette gaming guide: postcard

Date
1952 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)
Description
Roulette Gaming Guide - advertising the Hotel Sahara - Las Vegas.

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