Dr. Mark Yoseloff, a gaming innovation icon with more than 60 patents who was the founding executive director of the Center for Gaming Innovation at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), has died at the age of 79.

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.

  Santa Claus has long called the North Pole home. But let’s be honest — 24 hours of darkness and subfreezing winter temperatures aren’t the most conducive to making toys. His workforce, including the reindeer, are aging, and in an era of fast-moving technology and rapid shipping, the North Pole isn’t necessarily a transportation hub.  

UNLV assistant professor-in-residence for the Intercollegiate and Professional Sports Management (IPSM) program Michelle Calica Coyner and UNLV professor of sociology & hospitality and expert on Gaming and Economic Development Dr. Bo Bernhard join the show. We explore the depths of the IPSM program & how UNLV is continuing to grow the opportunities for students wanting to get involved in sports, as well as ways to help Hawai'i benefit from the changing landscape of gambling and sports - the growing the "fun economy" on the way.

Las Vegas is many things—an icon, adult playground, neon-lit escape hatch. For decades, it has stood as the gleaming epicenter of what happens when fun and pleasure become an economic engine and a profitable business model.

The bill that would have legalised casinos in Thailand was recently withdrawn - but because of the money to be made and the tourists to be attracted, the issue will soon be back in play. But what about the potential downsides - an increase in crime and gambling addiction? On this episode of Deeper Dive, Dave Kendall speaks with an expert in the field of building entertainment complexes with casinos in countries where they were previously illegal: Bo Bernhard, Vice President of Economic Development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Mr Bernhard, Vice President of Economic Development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Co-Founder of the International Responsible Gaming Alliance, visited Bangkok recently, meeting political bigwigs, economists, to encourage Thailand to jump on the casino bandwagon, and why it might have cause to regret the decision if it does not.

A great chance for Thailand to steal an advantage in lucrative sector for region.