Bill Friedman

Bill Friedman is an American casino designer, author, and consultant. Considered a pioneer in modern gambling, he is credited with transforming Las Vegas into a slot machine-oriented gambling destination.

Career Friedman got his start in the casino industry as a gambling addict, He managed the Castaways Hotel and Casino and the Silver Slipper.

As an academic with a focus on addiction psychology, Friedman taught the first course in casino management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This was the standard for casinos in Nevada until the creation of Bellagio, where designer Roger Thomas adopted the opposite philosophy for interior design. Friedman's ideas have been linked to later developments in social media such as infinite scrolling.