University of Nevada
Oral History Program
Mail Stop 0324
Reno, NV 89557-0324
775/784-6932
Fax: 775/784-1365
Email: ohp@unr.nevada.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Room 109 of the Mack Social Science Building on the University of Nevada, Reno campus
Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada The University of Nevada Oral History Program (UNOHP) has released two new books focusing specifically on gaming regulation in Nevada. Robert Faiss's oral history, Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada, and Guy W. Farmer's oral history, Gaming Regulation in Nevada: The Second Sawyer Administration, are the latest in the UNOHP's series on the casino industry. Both Faiss and Farmer were employed by the state in the early days of the regulatory effort, and in these books they share many of their recollections of those times. Having started out in his younger days as a journalist, Bob Faiss was hired as the public information officer for the Nevada Employment Security Office in 1959, and two years later he became the assistant executive secretary of the Nevada Gaming Commission, where he created the first state publication on the history, economics, and control of the gaming industry. Recognizing Faiss's talent, Grant Sawyer brought him to the governor's office in 1963 as executive assistant, and Faiss worked closely with the governor for many years. He is now with the prominent Las Vegas law firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins. Robert Faiss, Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada. Reno: UNOHP, 2006. (softcover, 80 pages, illustrations, $14.95) ISBN 1-56475-391-3 |
| No. 208 : paperback, in stock $14.95 |