The Entain Foundation U.S., is to provide a founding grant to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for a pioneering betting and gaming research initiative which, for the first time in the U.S., would combine scientific research with operational expertise to apply best practice in responsible gambling, policy and health.

The Las Vegas economy has been strong in recent months, but faces uncertainty with further COVID-19 concerns and other challenges, according to analysts.

Visitors to UNLV’s Black Fire Innovation research institute will find much of what they might expect inside a 15,000-square foot showroom dedicated to newly created products for the gaming and hospitality industries.

Southern Nevada’s economy has been on a major rebound, with stimulus money and pent-up demand for leisure and travel helping fuel a record period of revenue and gaming win along the Strip corridor.

Malaysia’s Genting Berhad has realized a long-held American dream with the opening of US$4.3 billion Resorts World Las Vegas in June. But can this ambitious project become the spark Las Vegas – and Genting – need?

Thomas Gallagher wore many hats throughout his life and could spin a heck of a yarn from any one of them.

Less than five years after bringing the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas, Southern Nevada is dancing with Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics, the Northern California city’s last professional sports franchise, which is seeking to flee the crumbling Oakland Coliseum for possibly a new multi-billion stadium in the desert.

GameSquare Esports Inc. plans to do this in a new alliance with Black Fire Innovation, which is a partnership of Caesars Entertainment Inc. and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of Economic Development.