Betting can be fun, just make sure you’re protecting your data and bank account

Bryce Hinton has spent most of his life playing sports, has planned on working in sports and has chosen a master’s program at UNLV to help achieve his goal. What he never imagined was that choosing to study in UNLV’s Intercollegiate Professional Sports Management (IPSM) graduate program would land him an internship with one of the world’s largest and most well-known sporting events, the Super Bowl.

Ten years ago, the idea of Las Vegas having a professional football team was unthinkable. Now, the city is home to three franchises and is hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. What changed to make Sin City one of the biggest sports havens in the country?

When legendary boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao finally met in a super-fight in 2015, it became one of the biggest events ever in Las Vegas. Hundreds of thousands of spectators flocked to the desert. Not all of them could attend the fight, but they filled price-surged hotels, gambled and found thousands of other ways to spend their money. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the estimated economic impact on Las Vegas was well over $150 million.

After a dip from 2017 to 2021, it looks like America’s ultimate sporting event is back on top.

Host Mary Long interviews Dave Schwartz, Ombuds at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a professor of gambling history.

An estimated 100,000 people in Connecticut have a gambling disorder addiction.

On this Super Bowl Weekend, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by Dr. Shane Kraus, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas; about Sports Wagering, Problem Gambling and what resources are available to those who may have a problem with gambling.