Introduction: An Overview of Gambling in Nevada, 1861 to 1999
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Chapter One Cheating and Murder: The American Coin Caper
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Chapter Two To Ralphie from Adolph: Ralph Engelstad and the War Room at the Imperial Palace
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Chapter Three Who's Minding the Casino Cage? Joe Slyman and Regulation 6A
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Chapter Four Near Miss: The Rise and Fall of Slot Machine Innovator Universal Distributing of Nevada
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Chapter Five Casino Politics: The Gaming Board vs. Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands
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Chapter Six Fixed Odds and Wise Guys: The Sport of Kings
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Chapter Seven A Cheater in Our Midst: Gaming Board Computer Whiz Ron Harris Beats the System
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Chapter Eight Profiles of Nevada State Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission Members
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Appendix One Organizational Structure of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission
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Appendix Two Budget for the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Fiscal Years 1997-1999
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Notes
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Selected Bibliography
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Index
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