What Stays in Vegas? Personal data and gambling

By Joseph Cooper,

Published November 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM EST

11/24/14 Monday’s Topical Currents looks at “data digging” and online advertising, including the sophisticated methods employed by Las Vegas casinos.

They know all your personal whims and desires . . . which feed your gambling urge. We’ll speak with journalist Adam Tanner, author of WHAT STAYS IN VEGAS. That’s on the next edition of Topical Currents today at 1pm on 91.3 WLRN-HD1, rebroadcast at 7pm on WLRN-HD2.

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