Japan’s Angel Group Co Ltd, a specialist in playing card manufacturing and ‘smart’ gaming tables, has been assessed as leading a global top-10 list of firms – all technology suppliers – granted artificial intelligence (AI)-related patents in gaming.

A 2023 study by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, found that personalized bonus offers based on play history increase user retention by up to 47% compared to generic promotions.

Hospitality workers in Las Vegas hoped the nationwide “No Tax on Tips” provision would provide relief after a sharp decline in tourism. Results have been mixed.

Artificial intelligence activity in gaming is being driven primarily by technology suppliers rather than operators, according to a new report from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The study also shows the United States dominating AI-related gaming patent filings, while companies such as Angel Group, IGT, and Light & Wonder lead the field in granted patents and citations.

Nevada ranked third nationally in the number of criminal cyber complaints in 2025, according to a report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. The report said about 400 people out of every 100,000 reported a cybercrime last year, losing more than $302 million.

All but 11,875 mail-in ballots cast in Nevada’s two most populous counties during the 2024 general election arrived at county offices by the end of Election Day. The future of a 2020 Nevada law that allows counties to accept mail ballots after Election Day, however, is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, which is deliberating a similar Mississippi law.

Student engineers from across the valley, the country and the world gathered at UNLV for the FIRST Robotics Competition Las Vegas Regional. The students’ high tech skills and ingenuity were on display at the Thomas and Mack. They have spent months designing, building and programming their robots from scratch.

Betting apps that take wagers on everything from sports to what public officials might say next have become increasingly popular. But online "prediction markets" are getting pushback from Nevada and Arizona.

In what is targeted to be an annually updated report, the UNLV International Gaming Institute published its first research on the use of artificial intelligence and says while most companies have no governance practices, others are in the early stages of development.