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License to steal : Nevada's gaming control system in the megaresort age / Jeff Burbank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burbank, Jeff, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Gambling studies series.
- Gambling Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nevada. State Gaming Control Board.
- Nevada.
- Nevada Gaming Commission.
- Gambling--Nevada--Las Vegas.
- Gambling.
- Gambling--Nevada--Clark County.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These seven precedent-setting case studies taken from the files of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission illustrate vital issues addressed in the first decade of Las Vegas' megaresorts.
- Contents:
- Cheating and murder : the American coin caper
- To Ralphie from Adolph : Ralph Engelstad and the war room at the Imperial Palace
- Who's minding the casino cage? : Joe Slyman and regulation 6A
- Near miss : the rise and fall of slot machine innovator Universal Distributing of Nevada
- Casino politics : the Gambing Board vs. Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands
- Fixed odds and wise guys : the sport of kings
- A cheater in our midst : gaming board computer wiz Ron Harris beats the system
- Profiles of Nevada State Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission members.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780874174724
- 0874174724
- OCLC:
- 1017609341
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