What if you were given a 1 million yuan check with no topic restrictions, and the freedom to travel anywhere with your team and meet people from around the world, where would you go? This time, our director Val takes that million and steps into a place that already sounds a little off — the casinos of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas visitors looking to avoid surprise add-on charges now have a new option on the Strip: all-inclusive hotel pricing.

Sex workers at Nevada's legal brothels seek to unionize, problem gambling month renews questions about how online gaming and non-traditional prediction markets' are impacting addiction rates, and Las Vegas Weekly reporters highlight the latest must-see music venues and acts — all that and more on the latest episode of KNPR's State of Nevada.

Should we bring gambling to Hawaii? It’s a question that raises many more questions. And the working group looking into it is getting some answers from some of the best experts in the world. The Tourism and Gaming Working Group is meeting with two leaders on the gaming industry from the mecca of gambling – Las Vegas – about the good and bad gambling brings, and whether it should be legal in Hawaii.

Tourism is a major economic driver in Nevada, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is pushing new bipartisan legislation aimed at giving the industry a stronger voice in international trade talks.

Affordability has become a key concern for both tourists and locals in Las Vegas, as soft tourism numbers since the summer have prompted resort executives to address rising costs.

The failure of Resorts World New York, a sister company of Resorts World Las Vegas, to disclose regulatory violations of money laundering in its New York casino application could jeopardize its effort to turn its electronic gaming establishment in Queens into a full-service casino.

Is cashless gaming a boon for casinos? Could it result in more problem gambling? There is no clear answer to either question, but those in the responsible gaming community are still concerned as the technology expands.