Clay Heximer remembers eating pizza and jelly beans at the Boulevard Mall 40 years ago. The Vineyard “had a buffet that had, like, pizza and jelly beans,” said Heximer of the now-defunct Italian restaurant. “It was just the coolest thing.” Heximer’s family moved from Alhambra, a suburb of Los Angeles, to downtown Henderson in 1984. When they visited the mall it was a whole-day affair.

Today, Playtech and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced a multiyear collaboration focused on leveraging technology to create a more sustainable gambling environment. This collaboration will see Playtech and UNLV’s International Gaming Institute (IGI) working together on various topics of mutual interest/shared interest, drawing on the extensive experience of both organisations.

Today, Playtech and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced a multiyear collaboration focused on leveraging technology to create a more sustainable gambling environment. This collaboration will see Playtech and UNLV’s International Gaming Institute (IGI) working together on various topics of mutual interest/shared interest, drawing on the extensive experience of both organisations.

Established in 1994, UNLV IGI provides research-based solutions, cutting-edge insights and executive education to the global gaming and gambling industry. Initially, the key areas of focus of this collaboration will be the use of AI and machine learning to promote and support safer and more responsible gambling. Playtech has committed funding to an IGI project that explores how AI can be used to train chatbots to encourage safer gambling behaviours among sports bettors. Additionally, Playtech has supported an internship in the inaugural Gaming Manufacturing Internship Program at IGI’s Center for Gaming Innovation.

Established in 1994, UNLV IGI provides research-based solutions, cutting-edge insights and executive education to the global gaming and gambling industry. Initially, the key areas of focus of this collaboration will be the use of AI and machine learning to promote and support safer and more responsible gambling. Playtech has committed funding to an IGI project that explores how AI can be used to train chatbots to encourage safer gambling behaviours among sports bettors. Additionally, Playtech has supported an internship in the inaugural Gaming Manufacturing Internship Program at IGI’s Center for Gaming Innovation.

Much of the attention each presidential election cycle centers on swing states where the outcome can have an outsize impact on who wins the White House. But candidate campaigns and political analysts also zero in on smaller areas where factors like demographics and turnout can play critical roles in the race's ultimate outcome.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Playtech have announced a multiyear collaboration aimed at fostering a more sustainable and responsible gambling environment. The partnership brings together UNLV's International Gaming Institute (IGI) with Playtech in a collaboration that aims to use technology to promote safer gambling behaviours.

Stranded on a desert island, I could live off nothing but bread, bananas and broccoli. That’s what I say, anyway. My wife scoffs. What about protein? Hmm, beans, I suppose, sticking stubbornly to my B-inspired list. But I’m no nutritionist. And like many people, I’m often confused by the competing and conflicting claims about what we should eat.