Natasha Dow Schüll is a cultural anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. She recently completed a book based on extended research in Las Vegas among compulsive gamblers and the designers of the slot machines they play. ADDICTION BY DESIGN: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas, will be published by Princeton University Press in 2010. Her documentary film, BUFFET: All You Can Eat Las Vegas, has screened multiple times on PBS and appeared in numerous film festivals.