This marks the inaugural edition of an annual global benchmarking series tracking how artificial intelligence is shaping the global gambling industry.

As businesses rush to adopt artificial intelligence, use of AI in the highly regulated gaming industry is only just emerging. Now, a UNLV report is providing benchmarks as it develops. “The State of AI in Gaming 2026” was released Thursday. It provides a snapshot of current levels of adoption and points to gaps that need to be addressed. The 113-page report was released by the UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI) in collaboration with KPMG LLP, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. The report focuses on the responsible use of AI.

Missouri sportsbooks generated more tax revenue in the state's third month of legal betting than they did in the first two months combined, according to new Missouri Gaming Commission data.

A study by the National Council on Problem Gambling found that states with legal gambling meet an average of 32 of 82 recommended player protection standards. Nevada met 24 of those benchmarks. Research from the University of Nevada Las Vegas International Gaming Institute reported that 15% of Nevada adults meet criteria for problem gambling, compared with a 2% national average cited by the council.

What if you were given a 1 million yuan check with no topic restrictions, and the freedom to travel anywhere with your team and meet people from around the world, where would you go? This time, our director Val takes that million and steps into a place that already sounds a little off — the casinos of Las Vegas.

What if you were given a 1 million yuan check with no topic restrictions, and the freedom to travel anywhere with your team and meet people from around the world, where would you go? This time, our director Val takes that million and steps into a place that already sounds a little off — the casinos of Las Vegas.

What if you were given a 1 million yuan check with no topic restrictions, and the freedom to travel anywhere with your team and meet people from around the world, where would you go? This time, our director Val takes that million and steps into a place that already sounds a little off — the casinos of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas visitors looking to avoid surprise add-on charges now have a new option on the Strip: all-inclusive hotel pricing.

A University of Nevada Las Vegas International Gaming Institute study published last year found 15% of Nevada adults are defined as problem gamblers, meaning they’ve experienced harm from their gambling “many times” in the last year. The national average is 2%, according to the National Council.

Sex workers at Nevada's legal brothels seek to unionize, problem gambling month renews questions about how online gaming and non-traditional prediction markets' are impacting addiction rates, and Las Vegas Weekly reporters highlight the latest must-see music venues and acts — all that and more on the latest episode of KNPR's State of Nevada.

Hosted by UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI), the event will explore the most pressing and emerging issues in gambling and gaming. Held every three years, the conference hosts the best, most high-impact risk-taking research and education. The most recent conference, held in 2023, attracted several hundred attendees from more than two dozen countries and featured research spanning economics, public policy, mathematics, social sciences, and psychology.

Rowland Edet, a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, wrote In “Breaking the Odds: A Gendered Analysis of Women and Gambling Behavior” published in the peer-reviewed Gaming Research and Review Journal at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, suggested that as more women are drawn to gambling, often prompted by different motivations than men, that policies should reflect gender differences.