Bill Friedman

Exciting true crime, organized crime, Mafia, shocking political protection author. Top Strip casino mgr, internatl casino consultant, UNLV casino mgt instructor

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Prohibition's 3 top gangs turned to elegant illegal casinos across U.S., before building 80% of early #LasVegasStrip

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... This article by Christopher Gerlacher is entitled The Psychology Behind Engaging Gamblers With Casino Design, Slots, and Table Games. It was published on April 30, 2024 by https://t.co/YCmWDoA82U. It covers the regulated U.S. online casino/iGaming industry news

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A new article contrasts the Friedman Casino Design Principles of Las Vegas’ Golden Era until 1990, versus the Megaresort Era’s large barn-style casinos with glaring ceiling lighting. This article explains a much larger percentage of tourists gambled in the Golden Era ...

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... I have been working hard on completing my next history book that should be ready for publication by year end. I will update you when it is coming out

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... This article also explains related studies and findings by professors in 4 different universities. Mark Dent wrote “Why You Almost Never See A Clock At The Mall” published today in https://t.co/VJ5HbDHQN4, which has a large number of subscribers for business and tech news ...

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A new article presents research findings about the impact of interior design on casino players and retail-store shoppers. The first half of the article describes the research in my book Designing Casinos to Dominate the Competition ...

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My primetime hour interview last night on the clear-channel broadcast from Boston reached the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. It covered how the new Nellis Air Force Base supported building the first Las Vegas Strip gambling resorts to house its officers during World War II.

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... It also covered how the leaders of the 3 largest Prohibition liquor importers went on to operate high-end illegal casinos that were fronted by elegant restaurants and nightclubs, before building 80% of the Las Vegas Strip resorts from the Flamingo 1946 to Caesars Palace 1966

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... I am finishing the final chapters of my next history book manuscript, and I look forward to its publication a year from now in the fall. I am also busy with my casino consulting business again, now that the pandemic business decline is behind us.

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Italian casino journal Gioco News published my four-page interview in both English and Italian. It is entitled: “A player-friendly design. Here are all the secrets to make a casino profitable, revealed by the world-famous gaming consult Bill Friedman.”

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... I debunked the myth of many articles that have falsely said Nevada’s casino operators removed clocks, and sunlight thru glass doors and windows, to manipulate players to gamble longer, as it was the serious players who demanded they remove them by threatening to not return.

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My BBC Business Daily interview. Serious casino players use a fantasy to escape reality while they gamble. This gives them a sense of timelessness, which is destroyed if they are exposed to real world time by clocks or rising morning sunlight coming in glass doors or windows ...

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I did a marathon 2 and 1/2 hour interview with Coast to Coast AM radio host George Noory this weekend. From my history book “30 Illegal Years To The Strip”, we discussed how the biggest Prohibition gangs built the early Las Vegas Strip resorts. The listener call board lit up

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My website https://t.co/FQo2Fn2f6F image is modernized. Its designed to easily add info about my upcoming history book. When production begins in the fall 2021, I will start a monthly email newsletter to update readers on how it, and my next historical manuscript, are proceeding.

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..... I expect to finish my latest history manuscript later this year. When it is complete, I will begin making occasional tweets about the publication process leading up to its expected release in late Spring 2021.

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The Wall Street Journal quoted me in March 26 article about how long it might be for the closed Las Vegas casinos to reopen and become busy again. I explained that the many uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible for me to make a meaningful guess. This is it

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I am almost half done with my next #NevadaCasinoIndustry history that explores & reveals the fascinating early years up to 1950. I expect to publish late next year. I will soon begin discussing my book’s many relevant issues, early casinos, and colorful gambling pioneers .....

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..... Most early #NevadaCasinoOwners & execs were devoted gamblers, so they understood what players wanted & expected. Thus, their casinos offered a much more exciting & personalized player experience than found in the #MegaresortEra casinos, which so changed it all since 1990

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The #CasinoCollectibleNews magazine spring edition reviewed my #OrganizedCrime history book #30IllegalYearsToTheStrip. I am proud of their fine review in this very classy & colorful publication .....

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..... Ironically, my book #30IllegalYearsToTheStrip is about the criminal careers of the men who built most of the #LasVegasStrip resorts that produced so many of the old chips & other #CasinoCollectibles, which the readers of #CasinoCollectibleNews magazine buy, sell & trade

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My 90-minute interview on Boston clear-channel reaching eastern two-thirds U.S. covered top #Prohibition leaders who then operated elegant illegal casinos before building 80% of #LasVegasStrip from Flamingo 1946 to #CaesarsPalace 1966, & early Nevada casinos. Thank you, Morgan!