William R. Eadington
William R. Eadington was born in Fullerton, California, United States on January 1st, 1946 and is the American Economist. At the age of 67, William R. Eadington biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Eadington was an economist. He joined the Department of Economics as a faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1969. He served as the director of its Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming. He was subsequently promoted to an endowed chair, serving as the Philip J. Satre chair in Gaming Studies. Meanwhile, he was a visiting professor at the Harvard Medical School as well as the University of Salford and the London School of Economics in England.
Eadington organized the inaugural National Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking in 1974. It later became known as the International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking. He edited conference papers and published them as books. He was also the editor of the 1984 issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political Science on gambling. Additionally, he published articles in academic journals like the Journal of Gambling Studies, International Gambling Studies, the Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, the UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, the Annals of Tourism Research, the Journal of Travel Research, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Eadington served on the board of the National Council on Problem Gambling. He also advised the governments of South Africa and South Korea on the economic benefits of gambling.
Eadington received an honorary doctorate from the University of Macau in 2008. He was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2011. He received the Goldman Lifetime Award for Advocacy from the National Council on Problem Gambling in 2012.