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The Chickasaw Nation is forming a private capital investment firm in Dallas. The firm, Pennington Creek Capital, will be led by Dallas-based Hicks Equity Partner managing director Curt Crofford. It’s the Native American tribe’s second public investment in private equity after it launched Good Springs Capital out of New York in July 2023.
On Feb. 23, John Richards traveled more than 100 miles to place bets on the Oscars. He took a train from Washington, D.C., to Wilmington, Del., and then hopped into an Uber car to take him to a truck stop in New Jersey.
To mark International Women’s Day, executive director Brett Abarbanel discusses how UNLV’s International Gaming Institute educational centre and programmes promote diversity, in particular, encouraging women to join the industry.
Fifth-generation Nevadan Bo Bernhard is vice president of economic development and a professor at UNLV and served as the inaugural research director at the UNLV International Gaming Institute. His great great grandfather was a card dealer in Dust Bowl-era Texas and Oklahoma who got tired of ending up on the wrong side of the law while working and moved to Las Vegas. His own family’s story, Bernhard says, is an example of how gambling and tourism have resulted in many different people deciding to live and work in Las Vegas, and these days, “the stuff attracting people is more mainstream. The NFL is something that’s beloved, and you can find it in 32 locales across the United States.”
As Problem Gambling Awareness Month is about to get underway, states around the country, weighing whether they have been doing enough
The month of March marks the beginning of Problem Gambling Awareness Month, which is a nationwide grassroots campaign, that seeks to increase public awareness of problem gambling and promote prevention, treatment, and recovery services.