Center for Gaming Research

The latest UNLV Gaming Press book is now available:

Slot machines are the backbone of most casinos. They earn the most money and determine the physical layout of the casino floor. The management of slot machines, which includes overseeing employees, selecting machines, designing the playing space, resolving customer disputes, and conducting analyses to improve operations, is a challenging field whose complexity has grown as the machines themselves have become more sophisticated.

To better document the current issues in slot management—and the change the field has seen over the past four decades—the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research conducted an oral history project. Those interviewed were at all stages of their careers.

Now with May 2018 data:

Connecticut Tribal Casinos: Slot Data Updated May 2018
Monthly Handle, Win, Promotional and Other Totals

Now with May 2018 data:

Detroit Casinos: Monthly Statistics 
Revenues, Year/Year Change, and Market Share by Casino

Just uploaded on the Podcast page:

87-June 8, 2018
Michelle Malkin
“Gender and Gambling Motivated Crime”
In this June 8, 2018 Colloquium Talk, Malkin examines the social, economic, and legal consequences of problem gamblers, with a focus on gender. Starting with an exploration of problem and women's gambling in history, she analyzes how the approaches to possible criminal consequences of gambling motivated crime challenge traditional criminal justice assumptions about gender and crime.

Listen to the audio file (mp3)