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A Guide to the Papers of
Gambling Conferences
Collection No. NC1216

Gambling Conferences

The first Gambling Conference took place June 9-11, 1974 at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. The conferences were held annually until 1976 and thereafter every two and then every three years. Consequently, the name of the conference changed from Annual Gambling Conference to National Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, and then to International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking. The conferences were organized under the auspices of William R. Eadington of the Economics Department of the University of Nevada-Reno.

Gambling conferences have also been held in Australia in 1984, 1985, and 1986, and papers were presented in a manner similar to the Gambling Conferences sponsored by UNR. A smaller conference in England has for the past six years been coordinated by the Society of the Study of Gambling. Materials from those conferences are available at the Special Collections Department of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Scope and Content

The Gambling Conference records, 1974-1987, consist of five cubic feet of papers and one cubic foot of cassette tape recordings of the conference proceedings. They were donated to the Special Collections Department by William R. Eadington, and as conferences are held, additional tapes and transcripts of papers will be incorporated into this collection. Restrictions of their use are explained below.

The records have been divided into subgroups which represent individual conferences. Each subgroup was further subdivided into series corresponding to the topical paper or symposium sessions of each conference. The individual papers are thus in the order of their presentation on the program schedule. Beginning with the second conference, cassette tape recordings were made of the sessions; most of the presentations are represented by either a paper, tape, or both. Although the papers are copy-righted, the Special Collections Department has been given permission to provide reference copies to researchers, who then must assume responsibility for obtaining permission to publish from individual authors. Tapes may be copied with permission of Eadington.

As indicated by the title, the scope of the conferences has grown over the years from a few presentations to over forty paper and seventeen symposium sessions, with presenters coming from a number of academic and business disciplines and from many countries.

Each session at a conference treats the topic of gambling from a different approach. Typical themes over the years include mathematics in games, compulsive gamblers and their treatment, the economic effect of gambling on individuals and governments, gambling legislation and control, casino marketing and management, lotteries, sports betting, and many others. Presenters have used a variety of approaches in their papers, for example, they've analyzed the theoretical aspects of individual games or made psychological observations of gamblers and games.

This collection also contains copies of presentations at a gambling conference in Canberra, Australia, in 1984. These papers complement those from the American conferences, as they include

One important part of this collection is a folder of curriculum material from William R. Eadington's Economics 411-611 courses. The material consists of many photo copies of articles on gambling,

This guide to the Gambling Conference papers provides a detailed listing of the collection contents. For each session, both author(s) and title are given; the title is that which appears on the paper itself, rather than on the program schedule, as authors sometimes changed the titles or even the focus of their papers between the time the program was printed and the paper was delivered. Program schedules for each conference are filed at the beginning of each subgroup, as are abstracts and order lists when available.

Researchers may also be interested to learn that all of the papers of the First Conference, with the exception of those written by Igor Kusyszyn and Ivan Light, were published in the book Gambling and Society, edited by William R. Eadington (Charles Thomas & Co.; Springfield, Il, 1976). A copy is part of the Special Collection's book holdings. The papers of the 7th Conference (1987) also appear in published form but are part of this manuscript collection.

Processed by: Susan Searcy
Date: February 22, 1988

The records of the Gambling Conferences are divided into the following subgroups:

  1. First Annual Conference. 1974.
  2. Second Annual Conference. 1975.
  3. Third Annual Conference. 1976.
  4. Fourth Conference. 1978.
  5. Fifth Conference. 1981.
  6. Sixth Conference. 1984.
  7. Papers Not Presented at Conferences.
  8. Australian Gambling Conference Papers. 1984.
  9. Seventh International Conference. 1987.

 

Subgroup I. NC1216/I. First Annual Conference on Gambling. 1974.

The First Annual Conference on Gambling was held June 9-11, 1974, at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Some nineteen papers were presented; this collection contains a copy of only two of those presentations, abstracts of all papers and a typed copy of the program. As noted previously, papers of this conference were published as Gambling and Society; the two omissions in this book appear below. The presentations are arranged alphabetically by name of author.

Box 1

1/1 Program and Abstract.
1/2 Kusyszyn, Igor. Should Gambling be Legalized?

Light, Ivan H. Numbers Gambling: A Financial Institution of the Ghetto.

 

Subgroup II. NC1216/II. Second Annual Conference on Gambling. 1975.

The Second Conference on Gambling was held June 15-18, 1975, at Harrah's Hotel, Stateline Nevada. This subgroup contains a program schedule, abstracts of papers, a majority of the papers presented, and cassette tape recordings of many of those presentations. Also included are papers for a session not listed in the program (II/9/1-6). All papers are arranged in session order: series numbers were assigned to each session by the manuscript curator for ease of retrieval. In the following guide, the title of each session is underlined and precedes the list of papers which are part of this collection. The arrangement of the tapes follows that of the papers. Tapes are stored separately in tape boxes 1-2.

Box 1

II/1/1 Program schedule and abstracts.
II/1Mathematical Strategies and Card Games.
II/1/2Griffin, Peter A. Use of Bivariate Normal Approximations to Evaluate Single Parameter Card Counting Systems in Blackjack.
II/1/3Heath, David. Algorithms for Computation of Blackjack Strategies.
II/1/4Ita, Koko. A Very Simplified Scientific Counting Procedure for the Blackjack Game.
II/1/5Schneider, Walter. Probability, Game Theory and Poker.
II/1/6Thorp, Edward O. Backgammon: Part I, the Optimal Strategy for the Pure Running Game.
II/2The Economics of Gaming in Nevada.
II/2/1Cargill, Thomas F. and William R. Eadington. Nevada's Gaming Revenues: Time Characteristics and Forecasting.
II/2/2Pinney, J. Kent. Gambling as a Heterogeneous Set of Goods and Services for a Heterogeneous Market Place: A Criticism of Samuelson Assumptions and Conclusions.
II/2/3Sciullo, Henry A. Las Vegas: A Study of Short and Long Term Economic Effects on a Community of Legalized Gambling.
II/3Topics in Experimental Psychology.
II/3/1Blascovich, Jim and Gerald P. Ginsburg. Gambling and Psychological Research.
II/3/2Knox, Robert E. and R. Kirk Safford. A Study of Choice Shifts at a Race Track.
II/3/3Kuhlman, Dr. D. Michael. Sex Role and Shill's Bet Size as Determinants of Betting Behavior in the Game of Blackjack.
II/3/4Rubenstein, Lorne. The Nature of Gambling in Amateur Golf: Structure and a Theory of Function.
II/4The Compulsive Gambler.
II/4/1Chapman, Sanford R. An Argument Against the "Unconscious Need to Lose" Concept in the Compulsive Gambler.
II/4/2Glen, Alida; Robert L. Custer; and Robert Burns. The Treatment of Compulsive Gamblers.
II/4/3Martinez, Tomas. Identity Transformation of Compulsive Gamblers and the Conscious Mood Perspective.
II/4/4Meister, Joel and Theodore Tsukahara, Jr. Policy Issues in the Control of Gambling Behavior.
II/4/5Preston, Frederick W. and Ronald W. Smith. Types and Treatments of Compulsive Gambling: Transferring the A. A. Paradigm.
II/5Gambling and Economic Analysis.
II/5/1Eadington, William R. and H. Michael Reed. Gambling and the Values of Capitalism.
II/5/2Tsukahara Jr., Theodore and Harold J. Brumm, Jr. Gambling and Public Policy: A Theoretical View.
II/5/3Wichinsky, Glenn E. Legalized Gambling as a Means of Solving Some Fiscal Urban Problems.
II/6The Social Psychology of Nevada's Casinos.
II/6/1Campbell, Felicia F. The Positive View of Gambling--Another Look.
II/6/2Horwitz, Bartley. Situational Aspects of Public Interaction: The "21" Game, Personal Impressions.
II/6/3Powell, J.V. Verbal Dexterity and the Gambler's Art: A Socio-Linguistic Study of Language Skills and Strategies in Las Vegas Gambling.
II/7Applications of Mathematics to Gambling.
II/7/1Fabricand, Burton P. Non-Brownian Movements in Stock Prices.
II/7/2Kusyszyn, Igor. A Point Method for Profit Taking at the Harness Races.
II/7/3Schneider, W. and J. Turmel. On the Organization of a University Level Course in Gambling.
II/7/4Thorp, Edward O. Blackjack.
II/7/5Fabricand, Burton P. The Nature of the Information Market in Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
II/8Pathological Gamblers.
II/8/1Bolen, Darrell W.; Alex B. Caldwell; and William H. Boyd. Personality Traits of Pathological Gamblers.
II/8/2Custer, Robert L.; Alida Glen; and Robert Burns. Characteristics of Compulsive Gambling.
II/8/3Kusyszyn, Igor and Charles Kallai. The Gambling Person: Healthy or Sick?
II/8/4Moran, E. Pathological Gambling.
II/8/5Newman, Otto. The Ideology of Social Problems: Gambling, A Case Study Abstract.
II/9[Extra session not listed on formal program schedule].
II/9/1Braun, Julian H. The Development and Analysis of Winning Strategies for the Casino Game of Blackjack.
II/9/2Dowie, Jack. On the Efficiency and Equity of Betting Markets.
II/9/3Griffin, Peter A. Curios and Pathologies in the Game of Twenty-One.
II/9/4Jensen, A.F. Brief Position Paper Regarding Possible Control of Problem Gambling.
II/9/5Knapp, Terry J. A Radical Behaviorist's Approach to Gambling Behavior.
II/9/6Yelton, Emery Jay and Sanford V. Berg. Regulation of the Pari-Mutuel Industry.

Box 1

Cassette Tapes of Second Conference:

Session No. Title
Symposium 1Different Interpretations on the Psychology of Gambling: Personality Theory, Freudian, Skinnerian, and Social Psychology.
Symposium 2The Financial Management of Casinos.
Symposium 3Gambler's Anonymous: Is it the Right Approach?
Symposium 4The Use of Information and Strategies in Gambling: Card Games.
Symposium 5Marketing and Management Strategies for Small Casinos.
Symposium 6Inside the Casino: What Goes on Within.
Symposium 7When Does a Gambler Become Compulsive?
Symposium 8Sports Betting, Handicapping, and Winning.
Symposium 9Gambling Operations and the Policing of Cheating.
Symposium 10The Role of the Researcher in Gambling.
Symposium 11The Future of Gaming in Nevada.
Paper 1Mathematical Strategies and Card Games.
Paper 2The Economics of Gaming in Nevada.
Paper 3Topics in Experimental Psychology.
Paper 4The Compulsive Gambler.
Paper 5Gambling and Economic Analysis.
Paper 6The Social Psychology of Nevada's Casinos.
Paper 7Application of Mathematics to Gambling.
Paper 8Pathological Gamblers.
LuncheonReuter, Peter. Research Director, Commission on the Review of National Policy Toward Gambling.

 

Subgroup III.  NC1216/III.   Third Conference . 1976.

The third conference was held at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, from December 19-21, 1976. The records of this subgroup include both papers and tapes of sessions; however only about half of the papers presented are part of this collection. Series numbers have been assigned by the manuscript curator but do not follow the exact order as shown on the program schedule. Cassette tapes for each session have the same number as the session and are stored in tape box 3.

Box 1

III Program schedule and abstracts of papers and presentations.
III/1Studies on Gambling.
III/1/1Blascovich, Jim and Gerald P. Ginsburg. Heart Rate as a Predictor of Success in Zero-Sum Games.
III/1/2Christiansen, Eugene M. The Academic Contribution to the Legal Gambling Industries.
III/2Mathematics and Gambling.
III/2/1Dlugatch, Irving. The Meaning of Probability.
III/2/2Fabricand, Burton P. Further Evidence for Non-Brownian Movements in Stock Prices.
III/2/3Griffin, Peter A. Curios and Pathologies in the Game of Twenty-One.
III/2/4Heath, David. On Pari-Mutuel Wagering Systems.
III/2/5Friedman, Joel H. Understanding and Applying the Kelly Criterion.
III/2/6Ignatin, George and Travis Wood. An Interactive-Linkages Error-Learning Model for Predicting Football Spreads.
III/2/7Turmel, John C. Some Computer and Game Theoretic Results Related to the Game of Table Stakes Canadian Stud.
III/3Policing Legal Gambling.
III/3/1Dunlap, Cal. Policing the Gaming Industry, A Prosecutor's Perspective.
III/4Legal Issues in Casino Gambling: The Card Counting Controversy. [Tape only]
III/5New Gambling Games.
III/5/1Baker, Lou and Don Knepp. "King 8."
III/6Report of the Commission on the Review of National Policy Toward Gambling.
III/6/1Grodsky, Phyllis B. The Report...Comments, Evaluations, and the Need for Further Research Initiatives.
III/7Lotteries (Another View & Present State of State Lotteries).
III/7/1Kaplan, H. Roy and Carlos Kruytbosch. Fear in the Lives of Million Dollar Lottery Winners.
III/7/2Rummel, George T. Legal Aspects of Lotteries - A Historical Approach for the Third Conference on Gambling.
III/7/3Rosen, Samuel. State Lotteries as a Revenue Source.
III/8Gambling and the Humanities.
III/8/1Kranes, David. Slot Queen.
III/8/2Martinez, Tomas. TV Game Shows.
III/9The Compulsive Gambler.
III/9/1Custer, Robert L. and Lillian F. Draft Description of Compulsive Gambling.
III/10Analysis of Race Track Betting.
III/10/1Ali, Mukhtar M. Probability and Utility Estimates for Race Track Bettors.
III/10/2Gruen, Arthur. An Inquiry into the Economics of Race-Track Gambling.
III/10/3Snyder, Wayne W. Horse Racing: Testing the Efficient Markets Model.
III/11Casino Marketing.
III/11/1Suits, Daniel B. Elasticity of Demand for Gambling.
III/11/2Gojack, John T. Marketing Techniques in European Casinos.
III/12Casino Management.
III/12/1Dlugatch, Irving. Increasing Casino Profits.
III/12/2Leonard, Saul F. Auditability of Gambling Casinos.
III/12/3Sciullo, Henry A. and Lawrence Dandurand. Organizational Behavior and Change in Casino Management: 1967-1975.
III/13Nevada's Gaming Industry [tape only].
III/14Future Economic Trends in Nevada Gambling [tape only].

 

Subgroup IV.   NC1216/IV.   Fourth Conference. 1978.

The Fourth Conference on Gambling was held December 17-19, 1978 at the MGM Grand Hotel, Reno, Nevada. As with previous subgroups, individual conference papers and symposium sessions were assigned series numbers by the manuscript curator; these numbers correspond to the order of presentation on the program schedule. Papers for an unlisted session are also included (IV/18/1-4). Tapes for each session bear the same series number as the written version and are filed in tape boxes 4-5.

Box 2

IV Program schedule.
IV/1Plenary Session: Present Status and Future Trends of Casino Gambling in Northern Nevada [tape only].
IV/2Economic Issues in Gambling.
IV/2/1Christiansen, Eugene M. The New York Experiment in Reduced Pari-Mutuel Takeout Levels.
IV/2/2Sciullo, Henry A. and Lawrence Dandurand. An Analysis of Strategic Differences Between the Los Angeles Market and Other Domestic Visitors.
IV/2/3Eadington, William R. Economic Trends in Gaming Related Tourism in Northern Nevada.
IV/2/4Glen, Alida Mixson. Making Gambling Policy: The Role of Research.
IV/3Symposium on Gambling Behavior - The Positive Effects of Gambling - Cultural, Psychological and Sociological [tape only].
IV/4Symposium on State Lotteries - Trends and Status of U.S. State Lotteries.
IV/4/1Ertel, James E. Use of Randomizers in Lottery Applications.
IV/4/2Nock, Paul R. Computer Technology for the Control and Operation of State Lotteries.
IV/5Compulsive Gambling.
IV/5/1Davis, Jr., John E. Pioneering Legislation--The Maryland Bill for Treatment of Compulsive Gamblers--and its Implications.
IV/5/2Johnson, Donald D. Proposed Guidelines for Re-licensure after Gambling-Related Loss of Professional License.
IV/5/3Kramer, Abe. S. and George V. Mascia. Ambulatory Care: Another Approach to Rehabilitating the Compulsive Gambler.
IV/5/4Moravec, Jule D. A Guide to Establishing Compulsive Gambler Treatment Programs in Outpatient Clinics, Mental Hygiene Clinics and Community Mental Health Clinics.
IV/6Luncheon speaker: Merck, Albert W. Atlantic City: A Personal View and Interim Report [tape only].
IV/7Symposium on Casino Gambling: Present Status and Future Trends of the Casino Gaming Industry in Las Vegas [tape only].
IV/8People Who Gamble.
IV/8/1Custer, Robert L. and Lillian F. Characteristics of the Recovering Compulsive Gambler: A Survey of 150 Members of Gamblers Anonymous.
IV/8/2Kranes, David. Who I am is:
IV/8/3Kusyszyn, Igor and Roxana Rutter. Personality Characteristics of Heavy Gamblers, Light Gamblers, Nongamblers, and Lottery Players.
IV/8/4Lorenz, Valerie C. Impact of Pathological Gambling on the Family.
IV/9Gambling, Corporations and Regulation.
IV/9/1Aaron, Richard I. Suspension of Nevada Gaming Regulations in Federal Bankruptcy Proceedings.
IV/9/2Dandurand, Lawrence and Henry A. Sciullo. Target Market Structure in a Casino Gambling Environment.
IV/9/3Dowie, Jack. Insider Information and Corruption in Betting Markets - Why Worry?
IV/9/4Malamud, Bernard; Delmar D. Hartley; and Jeffrey D. Baxter. An Index of Gambling Stocks: 1971-1978.
IV/10Backgammon, Sports Betting, and Education.
IV/10/1Dahms, Gregory. Backgammon: Computer Computations for Exact Settlement Values and Doubling Decisions in the Late Backgame.
IV/10/2Gibbs, Richard A. and Larry S. Johnson. Developing College Courses on Gambling.
IV/10/3Gottlieb, Gary. Optimal Doubling in Backgammon for Players of Unequal Ability.
IV/10/4Thompson, David E. Parlay Card Betting in Las Vegas Sports Books.
IV/11Mathematics and Gambling.
IV/11/1Abraham, Ralph. Optimal Betting for Time Dependent Games.
IV/11/2Stein, Jr., J. D. A Winning Strategy for Pari-Mutuel Betting.
IV/12Symposium on the Compulsive Gambler and the Law. Diminished Capacity as a Legal Defense for Compulsive Gamblers in Embezzlement Suits [tape only].
IV/13Symposium on Casino Regulation - House of Cards: The Legislation and Control of Gambling [tape only].
IV/14Observations on Players.
IV/14/1Baucum, D. Gardner. Toward a New Psychology of Gambling: The Power in the Situation Instead of the Pathology in the Person.
IV/14/2Goldman, A.; G. Hasty; and R. Kirk. Casino Card Shuffling Report, Part Two.
IV/14/3Hurlburt, Russell T. Simulated Slot-Machine Play with Concurrent Variable Ratio and Random Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement.
IV/14/4Yantis, Betty; William J. Corney; John E. Nixon; and Jeffrey Baxter. The Participation of Locals in the Resort Industry.
IV/15Evolving Gambling Markets.
IV/15/1Brams, Marvin R. The Economics of the Unsuccessful Delaware Football Lottery.
IV/15/2Ignatin, George and Robert F. Smith. A Random Walk to the Bullpen.
IV/15/3Smith, James F. Vegas by the Sea: The Big Gamble.
IV/15/4Stansfield, Charles. Atlantic City and Casinos: Gambling as a Rescuer of a Foundering Resort.
IV/16Mathematics II - Value of Blackjack Systems.
IV/16/1Friedman, Joel H. Choosing a Blackjack Game.
IV/16/2Gwynn, Jr., John M. and Armand Seri. Experimental Comparisons of Blackjack Betting Systems.
IV/16/3Mitchell, D. Howard and Stanley Roberts. How Advanced Should Your Blackjack System Be?
IV/17Problems in Casino Management.
IV/17/1Brigham, Robert I. Changing Organizational Patterns in Northern Nevada Gaming Establishments.
IV/18[Session without title]. [No tape.]
IV/18/1Eadington, William R. Economic Trends in Nevada's Casino Gaming Industry.
IV/18/2Goldman, Max. U.S. State Lotteries Status and Trends.
IV/18/3Lorenz, Valerie C. The Legal Status and the Medical Status of Pathological Gambling in Selected States.
IV/18/4Young, J. Warren. Bingo - A Different Approach.

 

Subgroup V.   NC1216/V.   Fifth National Conference. 1981.

The Fifth National Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking was held at Caesars Tahoe Hotel and Casino, October 22-25, 1981. This conference saw a major expansion in the numbers of symposiums and paper session to thirty-three. Most of the papers presented are part of this collection, as are tapes of most sessions. Included in the first folder of the subgroup is a price list and order form for obtaining transcripts of individual sessions. Tapes for Subgroup V are stored in tape boxes 6-8.

Box 3

V/1 Symposium Session 1: Recent Trends in Gambling: Public Policy, Mathematical Analysis, and Treatment of Pathological Gamblers [tape only].
V/2Luncheon speaker: Edward O. Thorp. A Blackjack Player on Wall Street: How We Made 41 Million Dollars [tape only].
V/3Paper Session 1: Mathematical Analysis of Blackjack.
V/3/1Griffin, Peter A. The Effect of Casino Reshuffling Procedures on a Blackjack Player's Fixed Strategy Expectation.
V/3/2Gwynn, Jr., John M. and Jeffrey Tsai. Experimental Comparisons of Multiparameter Systems for Blackjack Strategy Variation.
V/3/3Snyder, Arnold. Algebraic Approximation of Optimum Blackjack Strategy.
V/4Paper Session 2: Gambling and the Law.
V/4/1Fulcher, Gerald T. Compulsive Gambling in the State of Delaware - The Hidden Addiction.
V/4/2Laczek, William J. Legal Defense for Murder: Gambling Changed her Personality.
V/4/3Martinez, Tomas and Charles W. Dean. The Impact of Gambling upon Criminal Justice.
V/4/4Snyder, Robert J. Behavior of Gambling Swindle Victims.
V/5Symposium Session 2: Gambling and the Media: Fairness and Relevance in the Coverage of Gambling [tape only].
V/6Paper Session 3: Mathematical Analysis of Gambling.
V/6/1Abram, Philip. The Econ, Inc. Blackjack Policy Simulation Model and an Analysis of the Elimination of the Early Surrender Rule in Atlantic City.
V/6/2McArdle, Harry J. The High-Low Pickup Count.
V/6/3Seri, Armand. Optimum Running Count Strategies in Blackjack.
V/6/4Uston, Ken. Does the Gambling Industry have a Conscience?
V/7Paper Session 4: Gambling Behavior [no tape].
V/7/1Abt, Vicki and James F. Smith. Ritual, Risk, and Reward: A Role Analysis of Race Track and Casino Encounters.
V/7/2Cummings, William Theodore. A Conceptual Model of Gambling Behavior: Fishbein's Theory of Reasoned Action.
V/7/3Ladouceur, Robert and Marie Mayrand. Evaluation of the "Illusion of Control": Type of Feedback, Outcome Sequence and Number of Trials.
V/7/4Shapiro, E. Gary. Preference for Gambling at Slot Machines, Keno, Blackjack and Craps: Who and Why.
V/8Symposium Session 3: Policing Cheating in Casinos and Carnivals [tape only].
V/9Paper Session 5: Legal Gambling and Social Responsibility.
V/9/1Fulcher, Gerard T. The Gambling Industry's Responsibilities Toward its Casualties: Compulsive Gamblers.
V/9/2Kaplan, H. Roy. Lotteries: Changing Lives or Controlling Them?
V/9/3Politzer, Robert M.; James S. Morrow; and Sandra B. Levey. Report on the Societal Cost of Pathological Gambling and the Cost-Benefit/Effectiveness of Treatment.
V/9/4Moody, Reverend Gordon. Legalized Gambling: For or Against Gamblers?
V/10Paper Session 6: Accounting and Economic Concepts Applied to Gambling Markets.
V/10/1Cummings, Will E. The Design of Off-Track Wagering Systems: Factors Affecting Revenue Potential, Profitability, and On-Track Impacts.
V/10/2Kellogg, John L. The Federal Tax Treatment of Winnings, Losses and Expenses of the Sports and Casino Bettor.
V/10/3Kent-Lemon, Nigel William. A Discussion of Some Casino Games Controls.
V/10/4Robbins, Barry P. and Gary P. LeVan. A Comparison and Analysis of Internal Control Regulations in New Jersey and Nevada Casinos.
V/10/5Mauksch, George S. Control System for Roulette Operations in European Casinos.
V/11Paper Session 7: Historic Perspectives on Gambling.
V/11/1Cunningham, Gary L. Chance, Culture, and Compulsion: The Gambling Games of the Kansas Cattle Towns.
V/11/2Dixon, David. The State and Gambling: Developments in the Legal Control of Gambling in England, 1867-1923.
V/11/3Earl, Philip I. Veiling the Tiger: The Crusade Against Gambling, 1859-1910.
V/11/4Glass, Mary Ellen. Nevada's Gambling Industry: The Regulators and the Regulated.
V/12Paper Session 8: The Spread of Legal Gambling into New Jurisdictions: Effects and Considerations.
V/12/1Campbell, Colin S. Parasites & Paradoxes: Legalized Casino Gambling in Alberta, Canada.
V/12/2Dombrink, John. Outlaw Businessmen: Organized Crime and the Legalization of Casino Gambling.
V/12/3Hawkins, Michael. The Atlantic City Experience: Casino Gambling as an Economic Recovery Program.
V/12/4Steinberg, Leonard. Running a Gambling Business in the United Kingdom: Economic Highlights and Difficulties.
V/12/5Rubenstein, Joseph. Shallow Play: Notes on the Atlantic City Gambling Casino.
V/13Paper Session 9: Mathematical and Quantitative Analysis of Gambling [no tape].
V/13/1Abram, Philip. The Play of the General Public in Atlantic City Blackjack.
V/13/2Bolton, Ruth N. and Randall G. Chapman. An Empirical Analysis of an "Optimal" Wagering System for Horse Races.
V/13/3Gwynn, Jr., John M. An Optimal Strategy for the Game of Pai Gow.
V/13/4Griffin, Peter A. What to do After Losing Your Insurance Bet: Improving Blackjack Strategies When the Dealer has a Playable Ace.
V/14Symposium Session 4: The Compulsive Gambler's Effect on the Family [tape only].
V/15Luncheon speaker: Martin Danziger. Ancillary Industries: The Regulatory Agency Responsibility [paper and tape].
V/16Paper Session 10: Economic and Humanistic Perspectives on Gambling.
V/16/1Nadler, Lawrence B. Utility Theory and the Compulsive Gambler: Are They at Odds?
V/16/2Kranes, David. Gambling and the American Character.
V/16/3Dowie, Jack. Gambling in Education and Education in Gambling.
V/16/4Greenlees, E. Malcolm. Income Taxation of Casino Operations.
V/16/5Camerer, Colin and Coleman S. Kendall. A Primer on Lottery Design: Implications of Expected Utility Theory.

Box 4

V/17 Paper Session 11: Psychology, Risk Taking, and Applications [no tape].
V/17/1Thorp, Edward O. and Neil Block. Fear Versus Greed in the Stock Market.
V/17/2Hull, Blair. Stock Market Timing and Gambling.
V/17/3Hess, Harrie F. and Harvey S. Waxman. Recreational Preferences, Risk-Taking, and Personality.
V/17/4Corney, William J. and William Theodore Cummings. Information Processing Biases and Gambling Behavior.
V/18Paper Session 12: Issues in the Regulation and Planning of Legalized Gambling.
V/18/1Mace, Edward. Corporate Strategies in Emerging Gambling Markets.
V/18/2Ignatin, George. Taxing Peter to Spite Paul: The Effects of Taxes and Regulation on Sports Gambling.
V/18/3Eadington, William R. The Evolution of Corporate Gambling in Nevada.
V/18/4Aaron, Richard I. Maintaining Financial Integrity of the Casino Through Licensing Regulation.
V/19Paper Session 13: Blackjack as a Business [no tape].
V/19/1Carter, Bart. Maintaining a Casino Advantage Against Card Counters.
V/19/2Goodfriend, M. J. and M. J. Garvey. A Sequential Decision Model for the Tournament Blackjack End-Game.
V/19/3Kadlic, Thomas P. and Murray Kirch. Blackjack II. An Anti-Card-Counting System.
V/19/4Rohlffs, Duke. World Championships in Gambling Games: The Use of Tournament Play as a Casino Marketing Device.
V/20Paper Session 14: Pathological Gambling.
V/20/1Maurer, Charles D. Challenges in Dealing with Pathological Gambling in Outpatient Psychotherapy.
V/20/2Lorenz, Valerie C. Differences Found Among Catholic, Protestant and Jewish Families of Pathological Gamblers.
V/20/3Knapp, Terry J. and Brian C. Lech. Pathological Gambling: A Review and Critique.
V/20/4Ingram, Robert. Transactional Script Theory Applied to the Pathological Gambler.
V/20/5Moravec, Jule D. and Patrick H. Munley. Psychological Test Findings on Pathological Gamblers in Treatment.
V/21Paper Session 15: Analyzing the Win Rate.
V/21/1Ethier, S. N. On the Definition of the House Advantage.
V/21/2Gottlieb, Gary. An Analytic Derivation of Win Rate at a Blackjack.
V/21/3Baesel, Jerome B., George Shows, and Edward O. Thorp. The House Advantage in the Options Market.
V/21/4Wong, Stanford. What Proportional Betting Does to Your Win Rate.
V/22Symposium Session 5: Social and Economic Effects of Legalized Gambling: Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
V/22/1Economic Research Associates. The Role of Gaming in the Nevada Economy.
V/22/2Economic Research Associates. Effects of Legalized Gambling on the Citizens of the State of Connecticut.
V/23Symposium Session 6: Legalizing Casinos in New York State: Desirability, Objectives, and Implications [tape only].
V/24Paper Session 16: The Johns Hopkins Compulsive Gambling Treatment Center Studies on Pathological Gambling.
V/24/1Franklin, Joanna and Victor Lehmkuhl. Treatment of Pathological Gambling in the Prison Setting.
V/24/2Franklin, Joanna; Susan Darvas; Robert Robertson; and James Knox. Therapeutic Team Work at the Johns Hopkins Compulsive Gambling Counseling Center.
V/24/3Lehmkulh, Victor. Reflections of a Peer Counselor on Professional Treatment of Pathological Gambling.
V/24/4Robertson, Robert C. Fears of Public Exposure of the Professionally Employed Pathological Gambler.
V/24/5Franklin, Joanna F. Family Counseling and Therapy for Pathological Gambling.
V/24/6Darvas, Susan F. The Spouse in Treatment: or There is a Woman (or Women) Behind Every Pathological Gambler.
V/24/7Morrow, James S. A Conceptual Framework for Managing the Treatment of Pathological Gamblers in Outpatient and Inpatient Settings.
V/25Paper Session 17: Sports Betting, Innovations, and Quantitative Analysis.
V/25/1Funkenbusch, Walter W. A Gaming Wheel Based on Cyclic Advantage in Symbol Choice.
V/25/2Hausch, Donald B.; William T. Ziemba; and Mark Rubinstein. Efficience of the Market for Racetrack Betting.
V/25/3Mitzak, Oleksander; Igor Kusyszyn; and Meyer M. Starr. The Development of a Computer Method for Detecting Profitable Smart Money Harness Horses.
V/25/4Cooper, Carl. Application of Personal Computers in Gaming.
V/25/5Anderson, Gary. Handicapping Pro Football: the Winning Factor Approach.
V/26Luncheon speaker: Carl Dodge. The Economic Importance of Gaming in Nevada [paper and tape].
V/27Paper Session 18: Observations on Casino Gambling Markets and Communities.
V/27/1Dandurand, Lawrence. The Market Potential of the Local Casino Gambling Market.
V/27/2Kaplan, Atid. Interrelationship Between Casino Gambling and Entertainment.
V/27/3Smith, James F. The Premium-Grind: The Atlantic City Casino Hybrid.
V/27/4Christianson, David J. Gaming Education: An Analysis of Professional Preparation for the Casino Industry.
V/28Symposium Session 7: Confrontations - Casinos, Card Counters, and the Conflict of Rights.
V/28/1Donnelly, John. Court dockets: Uston vs Resorts International Hotel, Inc. [New Jersey Supreme Court]; and application of Resorts International Hotel, Inc...for a waiver and repeal of N.J.A.C.
V/29Paper Session 19: Regulation and Gambling.
V/29/1Satre. A Report on the Impact of the New Jersey Casino Control Act and Related Regulations on Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino.
V/29/2Lampen, Barbara Paulus. The Role of Legalized Gaming in New Jersey as a Stimulus for Tourism and a Tool of Urban Redevelopment--A Regulator's Viewpoint.
V/29/3Downey, William J. Problems in Determining the Suitability of a Casino License Applicant: Legal and Ethical Issues.

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V/30 Symposium Session 8: Contemporary Treatment Approaches to Pathological Gambling.
V/30/1Glen, Alida M. Diagnosing the Pathological Gambler.
V/30/2Custer, Robert L. and Lillian F. Soft Signs of Pathological Gambling.
V/30/3Tabler, Julian I. Group Psychotherapy with Pathological Gamblers.
V/30/4Kramer, Abe S. The Impact of Treatment on the Employment Status of Pathological Gamblers.
V/30/5Ferriolo, Michael and Anthony R. Ciminero. The Treatment of Pathological Gambling as an Addictive Behavior.
V/30/6Jacobs, Durand F. and Jerry L. Pettis. The "Addictive Personality Syndrome" (APS): A New Theoretical Model for Understanding and Treating Addictions.
V/30/7 Olson, Richard S. A Rationale for the Application of State Gambling Revenues to the Study and Treatment of Pathological Gambling (You Wanna Play - You Gotta Pay).
V/30/8Nadler, Lawrence B. The Conduct of Pathological Gambling Research: Covering all Bets.
V/31Symposium Session 9: The Inauguration of the First Church of Blackjack: A Parody [tape only].
V/32National Public Radio Cassette Tapes on Gambling and Related Topics.
V/32/1Bullogh, V. & B. Prostitution: The Oldest Profession.
V/32/2Gambling.
V/32/3National Town Meeting Series. Legalized Gambling: Blessing or Curse?
V/32/4Options Series. Organized Crime.
V/33Address by Rev. Gordon Moody at UNR: Gaming Control in Great Britain and the History of the Gaming Control Act in Great Britain and the History of the Gaming Control Act of 1968. Oct.

 

Subgroup VI   NC1216/VI.   Sixth Conference. 1984.

The Sixth National Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking was held December 9-12, 1984 at Bally's Park Place Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Twenty-nine paper sessions and eleven symposium sessions were presented. This subgroup includes many of those presentations on either paper or cassette tape, as well as an extensive publication of abstracts of presentations. Unless otherwise noted, the Special Collections Department has a tape for each session; the same subgroup and series numbers that were assigned to paper presentations were given to the corresponding tapes. Tapes are stored in tape boxes 9-10.

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VI Program schedule and abstract.
VI/1Compulsive Gambling and the Family.
VI/1/1Heineman, Mary. A Comparison: The Treatment of Wives of Alcoholics with the Treatment of Wives of Pathological Gamblers.
VI/1/2Steinberg, Marvin A. Pathological Gambling: Developing Intimacy in the Couple Relationship.
VI/2Economic Impacts of Gambling [no tape].
VI/2/1Hamer, Thomas P. Regional Economic Impact of the Atlantic City Casino Industry.
VI/2/2Harris, Thomas R. and Matthew L. Rea. Economic Effects of the Gaming Sector in Rural Nevada: Investigation of Impacts in Humboldt and Lander Counties.
VI/2/3Samuels, Jack B. Atlantic City in a Competitive Environment: Can it Survive?
VI/3Marketing the Gaming Product.
VI/3/1Curtis, Stuart E. Marketing the Gaming Product in Nevada.
VI/3/2Lowenhar, Jeffrey A. and Maitlon T. Russell. Advertising Strategies and the Retail Customer Market in Atlantic City: Issues for the Casino Industry.
VI/3/3Schwartz, Howard. Cultivation of the Las Vegas Conventioneer as a Potential Player.
VI/4Law Enforcement Problems and Gambling [no tape].
VI/4/1Holmes, William L. Video Games: Concepts and Latent Influences.
VI/4/2Martinez, Tomas M. Sportsbetting and Bookmaking.
VI/4/3Arbuckle III, William J. Video Gaming Prohibitions: Reinventing the Wheel.
VI/5The Theory of Blackjack [no tape].
VI/5/1Seri, Armand. In Search of Housebusters.
VI/5/2Gwynn, Jr., John M. How Good Can a Pocket Blackjack Computer Be?
VI/5/3Greenberg, Joel S. Simulation and the Casinos.
VI/5/4Chambliss, Carlson R. and Thomas C. Roginski. Estimated Win Rates for Multiple-Deck Blackjack Games with Differing Rules.
VI/6Positive Expectations and Gambling [no tape].
VI/6/1Early, Edward. The Weighting Method of Analysis of Player Expectation in Blackjack.
VI/6/2Griffin, Peter A. Nature of Regression Functions for Best Linear Estimates of Blackjack and Baccarat Expectations.
VI/6/3Gwynn Jr., John M. Pai Gow Revisited--A Significant Positive Expectation.
VI/6/4Master, Marvin L. Optimal Betting.
VI/7Government's Role in Commercial Gambling.
VI/7/1Christiansen, Eugene Martin. The Role of Government in Commercial Gambling.
VI/8Perspectives on Problem Gambling.
VI/8/1Custer, Robert L.; Tor Meeland; and Samuel E. Krug. Differences Between Social Gamblers and Pathological Gamblers.
VI/8/2Baucum, Don. Arguments for Self-Controlled Gambling as an Alternative to Abstention.
VI/8/3Klein, Robert M. Problem Gambling in New Jersey.
VI/8/4Lesieur, Henry R.; Robert Klein; and Marty Rimm. Pathological and Problem Gambling Among New Jersey High School Students.
VI/9Personality Measures of Normal and Compulsive Gambling Behavior.
VI/9/1Brown, R.I.F. The Integration of Arousal and Sensation Seeking Factors in the Explanation of Gambling and Gambling Addictions.
VI/9/2Lyons, John C. Differences in Sensation Seeking and in Depression Level Between Male Social Gamblers and Male Compulsive Gamblers.
VI/9/3Rosenthal, Richard J. The Pathological Gambler's System for Self-Deception.
VI/10Personnel and Management Issues in Commercial Gambling.
VI/10/1Greenberg, Joel S. Play Constraints: The Results of Requests for Special Considerations.
VI/10/2Macomber, Dean M. Management Policy and Practices in Modern Casino Operations.
VI/10/3Spielman, Kimberly A. An Analysis of Employment and Income Differences Between Publicly Owned Gaming Operations and All Others in Nevada.
VI/11Monday Lunch Speaker [no tape].
VI/11/1O'Brien, Thomas R. Perspectives on the Regulation of Casino Gaming in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
VI/12Blackjack in Practice: Games of Cat and Mouse.
VI/12/1Carter, Bart. Avoidance Ploys of Card Counters.
VI/12/2Lehman, Craig K. The "Consumer Rights" of Card Counters.
VI/12/3Cole, Harold L. and Peter M. Garber. Market Maker's Reaction to Insiders: Casinos vs Card Counters.
VI/13Strategies for Speculation Markets [no tape].
VI/13/1Gottlieb, Gary. An Optimal Betting Strategy for Repeated Games.
VI/13/2Conine Jr., Thomas E. and Maurry Tamarkin. On Risk Premia and Preference for Asymmetric Gambles.
VI/13/3Li, H. C. Conceptual Differences Between Gambling and Investments.
VI/14Pathological Gambling: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Treatment Results [tape only].
VI/15Organized Labor and the Casino Gaming Industry.
VI/15/1Glassman, Jerold E. Conflicts Between Union Obligations to Represent Membership and Casino Obligation to Protect the Integrity of Casino Games.
VI/16An International Perspective on Gaming [no tape].
VI/16/1Littman, Geoffrey B. The English Legal Aspects of Gambling and Risk Taking.
VI/16/2Nielson, Arthur. Gambling Policy and Experience in Australia.
VI/16/3Guirao, Jose L. Gambling in Spain: The Unplanned Revolution.
VI/17Gambling Policy - Politics and Practice.
VI/17/1Kozlowski, Patricia. Gambling Controls for New Jersey's Casino Industry: Theory Versus Practice.
VI/17/2Miers, David. The Impact of Regulation on the Commercial Gaming Market in Great Britain.
VI/17/3Mitler, Ernest A. A Tale of Two Systems and Two Cities' Casino Regulation.
VI/17/4Thompson, William N. and John Dombrink. The Last Resort: Campaigns for Legalization of Casino Gambling in American States.
VI/18Compulsive Gambling and Coping with Society.
VI/18/1Brown, R.I.F. The Effectiveness of Gamblers Anonymous.
VI/19Strategies for Various Gambling Games.
VI/19/1Lane, Daniel and William T. Ziemba. Jai Alai Hedging Strategies.
VI/19/2Funkenbusch, Walter and Armand Seri. Strategy for North Dakota Blackjack.
VI/19/3Chambliss, Carlson R. An Analysis of the Game of Scarney Baccarat.
VI/20Handicapping and Betting Strategies for Football.
VI/20/1Ignatin, George and Theodore Bos. Football Forecasting Models.
VI/20/2Pisani, Robert. An Analysis of Football Handicapping Services.
VI/21Reinforcement and Gambling Behavior.
VI/21/1Lowenhar, Jeffrey A. and Sarah Boykin. Casino Gaming Behavior and the Psychology of Winning and Losing: How Gamers Overcome Persistent Failure.
VI/21/2Rosecrance, John. Learning to Live with Variable Ratio Scheduling: The Career of a Horse Player.
VI/21/3Letarte, Andree; Robert Ladouceur; and Marie Mayrand. Primary and Secondary Illusory Control and Risk Taking in Gambling (Roulette).
VI/21/4Reid, R.L. The Psychology of the Near Miss.
VI/22The Gaming Business in Great Britain.
VI/22/1Steinberg, Leonard. Running a Betting Shop Group and a Casino Group in the United Kingdom.
VI/22/2Kent-Lemon, Nigel. A Practical Guide to New Casino License Applications in the United Kingdom.
VI/22/3Dixon, David. Illegal Gambling and Histories of Policing in Britain.

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VI/23 Treatment of Problem Gambling.
VI/23/1Miller, Walter. Individual Outpatient Treatment of Pathological Gambling.
VI/23/2Maurer, Charles D. An Outpatient Approach to the Treatment of Pathological Gambling.
VI/23/3C., Angelo and Angelo Cordone. Two Hats But Only One Head: The Dual Role of a Peer Counselor.
VI/23/4Tepperman, Jerome H. The Effectiveness of Short-Term Group Therapy Upon the Pathological Gambler and Wife.
VI/24Tuesday lunch speaker: A. Nielsen [tape only].
VI/25Medical Implications of Compulsive Gambling.
VI/25/1Lorenz, Valerie C. and Robert A. Yaffee. Pathological Gambling: Medical, Emotional and Interpersonal Aspects.
VI/25/2Martey, Herbert; Richard M. Zoppa; and Henry R. Lesieur. Dual Addiction: Pathological Gambling and Alcoholism.
VI/26Risk-Taking: Gambling vs Speculation.
VI/26/1Heath, David and Robert Pisani. An Index of Market Activity.
VI/26/2Li, H.C. Portfolio Management in a Fuzzy Environment.
VI/27Gambling Preferences and Personalities.
VI/27/1Starr, M.W. and M.R. Potashner. The Structure of Preferences for Gambling Activities.
VI/27/2Dietz, Robert and Dorothy A. Humpf. The "Gambling Personality": An Interactional Approach.
VI/27/3Reiffer, Linda Irene. The Low-Stakes Professional Card Player: Antisocial Personality or Just Antisocial Behavior?
VI/28The Evolution, Structure and Invention of Games.
VI/28/1Musante, Michael J. The Evolution of Pai Gow, Baccarat and Blackjack.
VI/28/2Eadington, William R. Sports Betting and Pari-Mutuel Wagering Systems.
VI/28/3Funkenbusch, W.W. Three Dimensional Five Card Draw Poker.
VI/29Exploring the Potential for Video Lottery Markets [no tape].
VI/29/1Vogel, Harold L. A Great Year for Lotteries.
VI/30Marketing and the Commercial Gaming Industry.
VI/30/1Cummings, William Theodore and Lawrence Dandurand. Leisure Needs-Benefits-Activities: A Gambling Market.
VI/30/2Rose, I. Nelson. Legal Gambling: The Right to Advertise.
VI/31Legislative Issues and Gambling.
VI/31/1Strate, Larry D. The Double-Edged Sword of the Statute of Anne in Nevada--Where Do the Casinos Stand?
VI/31/2King, Rufus. Coin-Operated Games: Perils, Problems & Promises.
VI/32Problem Gambling and Social Issues.
VI/32/1Steinbach, Nancy; Joan Brickman; and Henry Lesieur. Pathological Gambling and its Incorporation into Existing Employee Assistance Programs.
VI/32/2Moody, Gordon E. Playing with Chance.
VI/32/3Franklin, Joanna and Susan F. Darvas. The Certification of Gambling Counselors: A Proposal.
VI/33A Humanistic Approach to Gambling.
VI/33/1Lorenz, Valerie C. The Bible and Gambling.
VI/33/2Smith, James F.; Vicki Abt; and Eugene M. Christiansen. Commercial Gambling and American Values.
VI/33/3Martine, James J. The Gambler in American Literature.
VI/34Handicapping Systems [no tape].
VI/34/1Starr, M.W. and S.H. Kleiman. The Under/Over Bettor Bias: An Artifact of Subjective Probability Estimation.
VI/34/2Hausch, Donald B. and William T. Ziemba. Transactions Costs, Extent of Inefficiencies, Entries and Multiple Wagers in a Racetrack Betting Model.
VI/35Social Perspectives on Gambling Behavior.
VI/35/1Abt, Vicki; James F. Smith; and Eugene Martin Christiansen. An Explanation of Gambling Behavior.
VI/35/2D'Angelo, Raymond. The Social Organization of Sports Gambling.
VI/36Learning About the Phenomenon of Pathological Gambling.
VI/36/1Blaszczynski, Simon; W. Winter; and Neil McConaghy. Plasma Endorphin Levels in Pathological Gambling.
VI/36/2Brengelmann, Johannes C. Health and Life Correlates of Risk Taking and Loss of Control.
VI/36/3Jacobs, Durand F. Research Findings Comparing Gamblers in Treatment with Recovering Gamblers Anonymous Members: Implications for Rehabilitation Planning.
VI/37Future Gaming Growth in Atlantic City and Nevada [no tape].
VI/37/1Vogel, Harold L. The Gaming Industry: Outlook Still Uninspiring.

Subgroup VII   NC1216/VII.   Papers not presented at conferences.

This subgroup contains papers which were not presented at the gaming conferences. The authors were frequent presentors of papers and these articles follow themes common to most of the meetings. Also included is a group of readings on gambling used by William Eadington for his Economics 411-611 courses at the University of Nevada-Reno. The papers are arranged alphabetically by author; some papers have no authors or title pages.

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VII/1 Economics 411-611 course readings compiled by William Eadington.
VII/2Ali, Mukhtar M. Some Evidence of the Efficiency of a Speculative Market.
VII/3Anderson, Annelise Graebner. The Economics of Numbers Gambling.
VII/4Bellows, Beverly. Reviewing Rosenthal.
VII/5Donziger, Alan J. The State Lottery: A Not So Regressive Tax.
VII/6Fink, Harold Kenneth. Compulsive Gambling.
VII/7Gojack, Mary. Improved Marketing for the Smaller and Medium-Sized Casino in Nevada.
VII/8Johnson, James A. Economics of Lottery Management: Some Implications for Changes in the Operation of Canadian Lotteries.
VII/9Martinez, Tomas. The Mystique of TV Game Shows.
VII/10Price, John A. Gambling in Traditional Asia.
VII/11Shagan, Michael D. Statement before the Governor's Revenue Study Commission on Legalized Gambling.
VII/12Skolnick, Jerome H. The Social Risks of Casino Gambling.
VII/13Suits, Daniel B. Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling: Remarks on the Final Report.
VII/14Yelton, Emery Jay and Sanford V. Berg. Regulation of the Pari-Mutuel Industry.
VII/15[No author given]. Inquiry into Gambling Behavior Among Clients of Social Agencies in New York City.
VII/16[Incomplete paper; no author or title available.]

 

Subgroup VIII   NC1216/VIII.   Gambling in Australia. 1984.

This subgroup contains papers presented at the Australian National University Public Affairs Conference on Gambling in Australia, July 4-6, 1984, in Canberra. This collection contains about one-half of the papers presented; they are arranged in session number order. No tapes are available.

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VIII/1 Gambling and Culture in Australian History [no papers available].
VIII/2Contemporary Context of Gambling in Australia.
VIII/2/1MacMillan, G.E. People and Gambling.
VIII/3Some Theories of Gambling.
VIII/3/1Quiggin, John. The Economics of Gambling.
VIII/3/2Walker, Michael. Explanations for Gambling.
VIII/3/3McMillen, Jan. Loaded Dice: The Transformation of Gambling in Queensland.
VIII/4Economic Implications of Gambling and Uses of Gambling Profits: The Government and the Private Sector.
VIII/4/1Knock, Ken. The Funding of a Major Recreational and Leisure Industry.
VIII/5Discussion/Forum.
VIII/5/1Allcock, C.C. Professional Gambling - Profit or Piffle?
VIII/6Casinos.
VIII/6/1Kinloch, H. Casino for Canberra.
VIII/6/2McMillen, Jan. Casino Gambling in Queensland: Conditions, Contradictions, & Consequences.
VIII/6/3Reid, Stuart. The Churches' Campaign Against Casinos and Poker Machines in Victoria.
VIII/7Aboriginal Gambling [papers not available].
VIII/8Economics and Gambling.
VIII/8/1Anderson, Don; Robert Clarke; and Peter Ziegler. Information, Equilibrium and Efficiency in Betting Markets.
VIII/9Gambling and the Law.
VIII/9/1Bongiorno, Bernard D. Gambling and Crime.
VIII/10Characteristics and Treatment of Compulsive Gambling.
VIII/10/1Psychiatry and Gambling - Dostoevsky to DSM III.
VIII/11Specialized Forms of Gambling.
VIII/11/1Windross, A.J. Introduction of Legal Betting on Rugby League.
VIII/12Compulsive Gambling: Discussion/Forum [papers not available].
VIII/13The Future of Gambling in Australia: Economic, Technological and Social Considerations.
VIII/13/1Vogelaar, D.M. Hi-Tech Wagering in Australia - Present and Possible.

 

Subgroup IX   NC1216/IX.   Seventh Conference. 1987.

This subgroup consists of papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking held August 23-26, 1987 at Bally's Grand Hotel and Casino, Reno, Nevada. Forty paper and seventeen symposium sessions were presented. The organization of the papers for this conference varies from that of the previous conferences. These papers were edited for publication by William R. Eadington of UNR; the sequence of the papers reflects the publication arrangement rather than their order of presentation at the conference. At the time of this writing, no tapes of the sessions are available.

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IX/1 Emerging Gambling Issues In America.
IX/1/1Preface, by William R. Eadington; table of contents.
IX/1/2William R. Eadington. The Changing Face of Commercial Gambling in America in the 1980's and Some Comparisons to Changes in the Rest of the World.
IX/1/3Mike Rumboltz. Indian Gaming.
IX/1/4Larry D. Strate. The Cabazon Indian Tribe: Bingo and Regulation.
IX/1/5Walter W. Funkenbusch. Gambling on the Reservation: Indian Casinos, Pines I and Pines II.
IX/1/6Ronald L. Holt. Wendover and the Wasatch Front: Relationships Between a Border Gambling Town and Its Target Market.
IX/1/7H. Roy Kaplan. Gambling Among Lottery Winners: Before and After the Big Score.
IX/1/8James W. Meeker and John Dombrink. Bookies and Bosses: Illegal Gambling and Legalization Efforts.
IX/1/9Ernest A. Mitler. Shaping State Gaming Regulations in New Jersey: The Role of the Gangster, the University and the Scholar.
IX/1/10Ronald G. Ochrym. Street Crime in Atlantic City.
IX/2Issues In Commercial Gaming In Europe.
IX/2/1Christopher Hill. Betting Shops and the Law in Britain.
IX/2/2David Miers. The Greyhound Racing Betting Market in Great Britain.
IX/2/3Joseph Kelly and Herman Herbig. A Comparison of German and Austrian Casinos and Slot Machine Operations.
IX/2/4Bernard Polders. Legalizing Gambling as a Weapon to Combat Illegal Gambling in the Netherlands.
IX/2/5Martin J. Vernooij. A New Legal System for Gaming Machines in the Netherlands.
IX/2/6William N. Thompson. The Dutch Gamble: A Strategy for the Expansion of Legalized Casino Gambling in the Netherlands.
IX/2/7Jose Guirao. The Casino Gaming Industry in Spain.
IX/2/8David Dixon. Responses to Illegal Betting in Britain and Australia.
IX/2/9Robert A. Farinella. Re-introducing Slot Machines on U.S. Overseas Army Bases: Objectives, Restrictions, and Accomplishments.
IX/2/10Russell T. Barnhart. The Invention of Roulette.
IX/3New And Changing Gambling Markets In Various Parts Of The World.
IX/3/1Colin S. Campbell. Casino Gambling and the Peripheral States: Charitable Gaming in British Columbia.
IX/3/2Garry J. Smith, Bernie Williams and Robert Pitter. The Impact of Legalized Gambling on Alberta Amateur Sports Groups.
IX/3/3Lieve Coppin. Greyhound Racing, Theme Park Development and Tourism: A Case Study of the Island of Margarita, Venezuela.
IX/3/4Nigel Kent-Lemon. New Gambling Markets in Turkey.
IX/3/5Jan McMillen. A Risky Business: Political Control of Australian Casinos?
IX/3/6John O'Hara. Class and Attitudes to Gambling in Australia: An Historical Perspective.
IX/3/7William L. Holmes. Effect of Gambling Device Laws: Foreign V. United States.
IX/3/8Bob Ciaffone. The Seventh International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking: Observations of A Poker Player.
IX/4Marketing, Motivations, And Consumer Behavior.
IX/4/1Preface, by William R. Eadington.
IX/4/2John Beagle. The Differences Between Casino Marketing Strategies in the United States of America and Australia.
IX/4/3Lawrence Dandurand and Rossi Ralenkotter. Market Segmentation and Niche Analysis in the Casino Gaming Product Market: A Study of the Las Vegas Slot Market.
IX/4/4Jim Kilby. Casinos and Good Players: The Ideal Rating System.
IX/4/5Carl Ribaudo. The Challenge of Repositioning.
IX/4/6Michael Georgilas, Alan T. Stutts, and Lawrence Dandurand. Predicting Market Potential for the Gaming Industry.
IX/4/7Jeffrey A. Lowenhar. Atlantic City Casino Gaming: How Product Constraints Affect Demand Potential.

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IX/5 Economic Analysis Of Commerical Gaming Industries.
IX/5/1Albert C. Ovedovitz. Factors Influencing Public Lottery Revenues.
IX/5/2Gabrielle Brenner and Andre Tremblay. Lotteries: Participation and the Business Cycle.
IX/5/3Robert P. Culleton. The Impacts of the Legalization of Casino Gambling on the U.S. Multi-regional Economy, Using Input Output Analysis.
IX/5/4Will Cummings and Patricia McQueen. Declining Per Capita Wagering at Pari-Mutuel Sports.
IX/5/5Maury Wolff. Stakes Races Viewed as a Gambling Market.
IX/5/6Paul M. Mason. A Comparison of Resident Versus Non-Resident Incidence of Taxes on Las Vegas Casinos.
IX/5/7Dan Reilly. The Reno Market - Achieving Future Economic Viability.
IX/5/8Thomas R. Harris and Lynda L. Yorgey. Estimation of the Impact of the Gaming Industry on Rural Nevada Economies: An Application of Disaggregated Export Multipliers.
IX/6Issues In Public Policy And The Regulation Of The Gaming Industry.
IX/6/1Anthony Cabot and Robert D. Faiss. Nevada Regulatory Response to Shifting Investment Patterns in the Gaming Industry.
IX/6/2Robert J. Snyder. How Forerunner Mechanical Devices Have Influenced Today's Gambling Regulations.
IX/6/3Leonard Steinberg. Bring a Gambling Company to the London Stock Market.
IX/6/4Jeffrey M. Wachtel. The Importance of Casino Gaming to a Community and the Relationship of its Assessed Importance to Community Pride: The Case of Reno, Nevada.
IX/7Computer Information Systems And The Gaming Industry.
IX/7/1G.S. Mauksch. Information Systems for Casinos.
IX/7/2William A. Newman and William Doherty. Current Information System Development in the Gaming Industry.
IX/7/3Mickey D. Roemer. Player Tracking: Everybody Wins.
IX/7/4Theodore R. Sarbin, Michael Dahl and Paul R. Brugger. The Slot Machine Data System: An Accounting Method, a Security Technique, and a Marketing Tool.
IX/8Behavioral Characteristics of Certain Gambling Groups.
IX/8/1Preface, by William R. Eadington.
IX/8/2Basil R. Browne. Going on Tilt: Frequent Poker Players and Control.
IX/8/3John Rosecrance. Professional Horse Race Gambling: Working Without a Safety Net.
IX/8/4John L. Collachi, Julian Taber, Vicki S. and Pamela G. Gambling Habits and Attitudes Among Casino Workers: A Pilot Study.
IX/8/5Mark Neumann and David Eason. Casino World: Self and Society in the Gambling Experience.
IX/8/6Michael B. Walker. Betting Shops and Slot Machines: Comparisons Among Gamblers.
IX/9Gamblers And The Ethics Of Gambling.
IX/9/1Gordon Moody. Playing and Living with Chance.
IX/9/2Linda Irene Reiffer. The Gamblers' Code of Ethics and Values: Antithetical to High Moral Development?
IX/9/3Felicia Campbell. The God Gambler in Fact and Fiction.
IX/9/4James F. Smith. Where the Action Is: Images of the Gambler in Popular Film.
IX/10The Psychology Of Normal And Problem Gamblers.
IX/10/1William J. Corney and William T. Cummings. Left-Right Brain Specialization and Gambling Behavior.
IX/10/2Anne Gaboury and Robert Ladouceur. Irrational Thinking and Gambling.
IX/10/3R. Iain F. Brown. Arousal, Reversal Theory and Subjective Experience in the Explanation of Normal and Addictive Gambling.
IX/11Gambling With Children And In The Family.
IX/11/1Michael L. Frank and Crystal Smith. Illusion of Control in Fourth and Fifth Grade Children.
IX/11/2Robert Ladouceur and Chantal Mireault. Gambling Behaviors Among High School Students in the Quebec Area.
IX/12Policy Issues And Problem Gamblers.
IX/12/1I. Nelson Rose. A New Deal for Problem Gamblers: Compulsive Gambling and the Law.
IX/12/2Valerie Lorenz. Compulsive Gambling: Forensic Issues and the Expert Witness.
IX/12/3Durand F. Jacobs. Problem Gamblers and White Collar Crime.
IX/12/4Vicki Abt. Advancing Research on Problem Gambling.
IX/12/5Robert P. Culleton. The Prevalence Rates of Pathological Gambling: A Look at Methods.
X/12/6Gerhard Meyer. The Problem of Gambling in the Federal Republic of Germany.
IX/12/7Fred S. Burns. The Compulsive Gambling Debate in Australia: Myth or Fact.

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IX/13 Quantitative Analysis And Gambling
IX/13/1Preface, by William R. Eadington.
IX/13/2Ron Bird and Michael McCrae. The Efficiency of Gambling Markets Revisited.
IX/13/3Brian R. Canfield, Bruce Fauman and William R. Ziemba. Efficient Market Adjustment of Odds Prices to Reflect Track Biases.
IX/13/4Thomas Cover. Log Optimal Portfolios.
IX/14Sports Betting In America: Handicapping For Pleasure And Profit
IX/14/1James D. Brownlow. Forecasting the Results of NFL Games Using a State-Space Model and an Extended Kalman Filter.
IX/14/2Lem Banker. Observations on the Vegas Books.
IX/14/3Michael A. Inchalik. An Analysis of the Home Field Advantage in the NFL from a Forecasting Perspective.
IX/14/4Nelson J. Lacey. Testing Weak-form Market Efficiency in the NFL Betting Market.
IX/14/5John Gander, Richard Zuber, Thomas O'Brien and Ben Russo. Computer Football Modelling, Filters, and Information.
IX/14/6Arne K. Lang. Legal Sports Wagering Outside Nevada: Problems and Prospects.
IX/14/7Mike Lee. Application of NLP to Sports Betting and Other Games of Chance.
IX/14/8W.S. Mallios. Modelling National Football League Game Outcomes.
IX/14/9Theodore Bos and George Ignatin. Fine-Tuning Linear Football Forecasting Models.
IX/14/10Peter Tannenbaum. Modelling the Playoffs. A Case Study: The 1987 NBA Championship.
IX/15Racetrack Betting And Quantitative Analysis
IX/15/1Ron Bird and Michael McCrae. Racetrack Betting in Australia: A Study of Risk Preferences and Market Efficiency.
IX/15/2Richard Thalheimer and Mukhtar M. Ali. An Economic Analysis of the Demand for Wagering: A Case Study of the Florida Thoroughbred Racetrack Industry.
IX/15/3Donald B. Hausch and William T. Ziemba. How to Pick the Winner of the Kentucky Derby.
IX/16Analysis Of Blackjack
IX/16/1John M. Gwynn and Arnold Snyder. Does Casino Blackjack Differ From Computer Simulated Blackjack?
IX/16/2Peter A. Griffin. Mathematical Expectation for the Public's Play in Casino Blackjack.
IX/16/3J. Phillips and P. Amrhein. Factors Influencing Wagers in Simulated Blackjack.
IX/17Mathematical Analysis Of Betting, Games, and Markets
IX/17/1Carlson R. Chambliss. Three-Dice Craps, a Possible New Game.
IX/17/2S.N. Ethier. The Proportional Bettor's Fortune.
IX/17/3Mason Malmuth. Non-Self Weighting Strategies and Bankroll Requirements.
IX/18Analysis Of Poker And Other Card Games
IX/18/1William M. Howard. Runs of Luck.
IX/18/2Terrance W. Oliver. Red Dog, a New Game Variety.
IX/18/3Steve Stamler. A Bayesian Approach to Texas Hold'em Probabilities.
IX/18/4William R. Eadington and Richard Stewart. Pai Gow Poker: A Strategic Analysis.
IX/19Empirical Studies On The Pathological Gambler
IX/19/1Preface, by William R. Eadington.
IX/19/2Joseph Ciarrochi and Richard Richardson. Profile of Compulsive Gamblers in Treatment: Update and Comparisons.
IX/19/3Abe Kramer. A Preliminary Report on the Relapse Phenomenon Among Pathological Gamblers.
IX/19/4Marvin A. Steinberg. Critique of a State Sponsored Survey Investigating Pathological Gambling.
IX/20Conceptual Analysis Of The Pathological Gambler: Theories Of Addictions
IX/20/1Durand Jacobs. Evidence Supporting a General Theory of the Addictions.
IX/20/2Michael Walker. Should Theories of Addiction Be Generalised to Include Excessive Gambling?
IX/20/3Durand Jacobs. Planning for a Uniform Epidemiological Survey of Problem Gambling on Four Continents.
IX/20/4Alec Roy. A Search for Biological Substrates to Pathological Gambling.
IX/20/5Robert L. Custer. Pathological Gambling as Presented in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and StatisticalManual-III-Revised.
IX/20/6Michael D. Boston and Julian Taber. Selective Perception in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Addictive Disorders.
IX/20/7Norma Fuller and Julian Taber. On the Irrelevance of Substances in Defining Addictive Disorders.
IX/20/8Julian I. Taber. Thyroid Disease, Dysphoria and Personal Vulnerability in Pathological Gambling.
IX/20/9Julian I. Taber and Michael Boston. Developmental Vulnerability and Dysphoria in the Etiology of Addictive Behavior.

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IX/21 Behavior And Preference Characteristics Of Pathological Gamblers
IX/21/1Howard L. Berger. Compulsive Gamblers: Relationships Between Their Games of Choice and Their Personalities.
IX/21/2Bonnie Adkins and Norman Krudelbach. The Relationship of Gaming Preferences to MMPI Personality Variables.
IX/21/3Nancy Maness. Understanding the Pathological Gambler: Internal and External Forces.
IX/22Issues Of Pathological Gambling And The Family
IX/22/1Mary Heinemann. Parents of Compulsive Gamblers: Clinical Issues and Treatment Approaches.
IX/22/2Durand Jacobs. Effects on Children of Parental Excesses in Gambling.
IX/22/3Henry R. Lesieur. The Female Pathological Gambler.
IX/22/4Henry R. Lesieur and Mary Heinemann. Pathological Gambling Among Youthful Multiple Sustance Abusers in a Therapeutic Community.
IX/22/5Valerie Lorenz and Robert Yaffee. Compulsive Gamblers and Their Spouses: A Profile of Interaction.
IX/22/6Gerald W. Wittman, Norman Fuller and Julian Taber. Patterns of Polyaddiction in Alcoholism Patients and High School Students.
IX/22/7Gordon Moody. Parents of Young Gamblers: Observations on a New Program.
IX/23Studies In The Treatment Of Problem Gamblers
IX/23/1L. McAughtrie and R. Iain Brown. Addiction Recovery as Bereavement and as Liberation.
IX/23/2Anne McCormick and R. Iain F. Brown. Gamblers Annonymous as Medicine, as Religion and as Addiction Recovery Process.
IX/23/3Howard G. Sartin. Win Therapy: An Alternative Diagnostic and Treatment Procedure for Problem Gamblers.
IX/23/4Joanna Franklin and Richard Richardson. A Treatment Outcome Study With Pathological Gamblers: Preliminary Finding and Strategies.

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