University of Nevada
Oral History Program
Mail Stop 0324
Reno, NV 89557-0324
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Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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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. In 1963, Guy Farmer was appointed as public information officer for the Nevada Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board. At the time of his appointment, the board had only been in existence for about eight years, and the commission for four. One of the notable occurrences during Farmer's time in that position was that he was asked by the board chairman, Ed Olsen, to listen in on a phone call that Frank Sinatra had made to Olsen regarding Sinatra's licensing at Lake Tahoe's Cal-Neva Club. The call, reportedly laden with expletives and threats by Sinatra, has become infamous in gaming circles. While Farmer went on to an illustrious career as a diplomat and later as a journalist with the Nevada Appeal, this oral history focuses on his time in gaming regulation. Guy W. Farmer, Gaming Regulation in Nevada: The Second Sawyer Administration. Reno: UNOHP, 2006. (softcover, 54 pages, illustration, $12.95) ISBN 1-56475-390-5 |
| No. 206 : paperback, in stock $12.95 |