Panels are now forming for presentations on Gambling and Gaming Culture at the 28th Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations, to be held February 14-17, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Presentations are welcome related to any aspect of gambling and gaming culture and associated topics, including but not limited to: the history of gambling and gaming; gambling and gaming literature; the geography of gambling and gaming; the sociological and psychological effects of gambling and gaming; gambling and gaming on Native American reservations; gambling and gaming regions; issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and age in gambling and gaming; international gambling and gaming; game theory; gambling and gaming law; Las Vegas; gambling and gaming culture regions; gambling and gaming software; internet gambling and gaming; portrayals of gambling and gaming in popular media.

Conference presenters and attendees are encouraged from academic faculty and graduate students, public officials, and private practitioners and experts. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend and compete for student paper awards. To learn more about this year's conference, please visit the following web site:

http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/

Interested individuals should send a brief (150-200 word) abstract detailing your proposed presentation by November 15, 2006, by email attachment to: