A longtime chief executive in both the governmental and private sectors was named the new executive director of the UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation (ICGR).

The California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is donating $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, positioning the university as the leading source for education in tribal gaming operations and law.

Las Vegas has become a graveyard for poker rooms, with Clark County casinos shuttering more than 30 rooms over the last decade.

The university says it’s San Manuel’s largest out-of-state philanthropic gift bestowed on an educational institution. The Native American group is based in Southern California’s San Bernardino County.

Southern California’s San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is donating $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to fund tribal development programs through the university’s hospitality college and school of law.

UNLV has received a $9 million donation from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to support education on tribal gaming operations and law.

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians are already corporate sponsors of Allegiant Stadium and the Vegas Golden Knights. But on Friday, the tribe took its support of Las Vegas institutions a step further with a $9 million gift to support hospitality education and gaming law at UNLV.

UNLV administrators announced Friday a $9 million donation from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a Southern-California-based tribe that operates a large casino near San Bernardino, meant to spur the development of a number of new tribal gaming programs at the university’s Harrah College of Hospitality and Boyd School of Law.

A California Indian tribe known in Southern Nevada as a major sponsor of Las Vegas sports franchises is donating $9 million to UNLV. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians hopes to position the university as the nation’s leading source for education and innovation related to tribal gaming operations and law.

UNLV today announced a $9 million gift from the California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to support the Harrah College of Hospitality and Boyd School of Law.

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