License To Steal: Nevada'S Gaming Control System In The Megaresort Age
by Jeff Burbank
University of Nevada Press, 2005 eISBN: 978-0-87417-472-4 | Cloth: 978-0-87417-339-0 | Paper: 978-0-87417-624-7 Library of Congress Classification HV6721.L3B87 2000 Dewey Decimal Classification 363.4209793135
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Jeff Burbank is an award-winning journalist who has covered the casino industry in Las Vegas for national and local publications, radio, and TV. He is currently an instructor in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
REVIEWS
"It’s a fascinating book. Rich in story and the kind of historic detail one hears from casino professionals at the end of a long night. In using the state’s gaming control institutions to tell the story of Las Vegas, however, Jeff Burbank gets the truth and from the sources and people who can document what happened. For fans of Las Vegas, and I am one, start reading and you can’t stop." —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Casino and Wise Guy
"License to Steal is the first ever, detailed examination of the regulation, and occasional non-regulation, of licensed gambling in Nevada. Jeff Burbank looks at the world with the eye of an experienced journalist: he presents concrete facts, not speculation or opinions. A good thing, because many of the stories he relates would be rejected as completely implausible if presented as fiction: the forger who did not know how to spell the name of his life-long friend, or the casino owner who threw parties with swastika-covered birthday cakes on Hitler’s birthday. Burbank’s straight presentation of the facts behind the ruling paints a complete picture of how the system really works." —I. Nelson Rose, author of Gambling and the Law
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Preface to Paperback Edition
Introduction: An Overview of Gambling in Nevada, 1861 to 1999
Chapter One
Cheating and Murder: The American Coin Caper
Chapter Two
To Ralphie from Adolph: Ralph Engelstad and the War Room at the Imperial Palace
Chapter Three
Who's Minding the Casino Cage? Joe Slyman and Regulation 6A
Chapter Four
Near Miss: The Rise and Fall of Slot Machine Innovator Universal Distributing of Nevada
Chapter Five
Casino Politics: The Gaming Board vs. Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands
Chapter Six
Fixed Odds and Wise Guys: The Sport of Kings
Chapter Seven
A Cheater in Our Midst: Gaming Board Computer Whiz Ron Harris Beats the System
Chapter Eight
Profiles of Nevada State Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission Members
Appendix One
Organizational Structure of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission
Appendix Two
Budget for the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Fiscal Years 1997–1999
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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License To Steal: Nevada'S Gaming Control System In The Megaresort Age
by Jeff Burbank
University of Nevada Press, 2005 eISBN: 978-0-87417-472-4 Cloth: 978-0-87417-339-0 Paper: 978-0-87417-624-7
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Jeff Burbank is an award-winning journalist who has covered the casino industry in Las Vegas for national and local publications, radio, and TV. He is currently an instructor in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
REVIEWS
"It’s a fascinating book. Rich in story and the kind of historic detail one hears from casino professionals at the end of a long night. In using the state’s gaming control institutions to tell the story of Las Vegas, however, Jeff Burbank gets the truth and from the sources and people who can document what happened. For fans of Las Vegas, and I am one, start reading and you can’t stop." —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Casino and Wise Guy
"License to Steal is the first ever, detailed examination of the regulation, and occasional non-regulation, of licensed gambling in Nevada. Jeff Burbank looks at the world with the eye of an experienced journalist: he presents concrete facts, not speculation or opinions. A good thing, because many of the stories he relates would be rejected as completely implausible if presented as fiction: the forger who did not know how to spell the name of his life-long friend, or the casino owner who threw parties with swastika-covered birthday cakes on Hitler’s birthday. Burbank’s straight presentation of the facts behind the ruling paints a complete picture of how the system really works." —I. Nelson Rose, author of Gambling and the Law
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Preface to Paperback Edition
Introduction: An Overview of Gambling in Nevada, 1861 to 1999
Chapter One
Cheating and Murder: The American Coin Caper
Chapter Two
To Ralphie from Adolph: Ralph Engelstad and the War Room at the Imperial Palace
Chapter Three
Who's Minding the Casino Cage? Joe Slyman and Regulation 6A
Chapter Four
Near Miss: The Rise and Fall of Slot Machine Innovator Universal Distributing of Nevada
Chapter Five
Casino Politics: The Gaming Board vs. Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands
Chapter Six
Fixed Odds and Wise Guys: The Sport of Kings
Chapter Seven
A Cheater in Our Midst: Gaming Board Computer Whiz Ron Harris Beats the System
Chapter Eight
Profiles of Nevada State Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission Members
Appendix One
Organizational Structure of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission
Appendix Two
Budget for the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Fiscal Years 1997–1999
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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