Gaming

New report shows expansion of illegal gaming market; UNLV urges federal curbs

A look at the sports book inside the Durango in Las Vegas during 2023. As illegal gambling proliferates, according to a new report from the American Gaming Association, legal casinos like the Durango lose out on revenue. Additionally, according to the AGA’s Dave Forman, states and local governments across the country lose billion in tax revenue. “And that’s money that can’t go to schools or police departments or fire departments or property tax reduction,” he said.

Research from the American Gaming Association shows the staggering scope of illegal gambling: Americans wager more than $673 billion annually with unlicensed operators ...

25 August 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

New UNLV venture tackles AI’s impact on gaming operations and regulation

Dr. Kasra Ghaharian, UNLV International Gaming Institute Director of Research, poses for a photo at UNLV, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

The UNLV International Gaming Institute has launched a new AI Research Hub (AiR Hub) to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the gaming industry’s digital transformation.

18 August 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Una iniciativa de la UNLV aborda el impacto de AI en la regulación del juego

Dr. Kasra Ghaharian, UNLV International Gaming Institute Director of Research, poses for a photo at UNLV, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

El Instituto Internacional del Juego de la UNLV ha puesto en marcha un nuevo centro de investigación sobre IA (AiR Hub) para abordar algunos de los retos más acuciantes a los que se enfrenta la transformación digital de la industria del juego.

18 August 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Republicans’ gambling tax change seen as threat to states’ revenues, legitimate casinos

The three-story sportsbook at Circa in downtown Las Vegas is pictured in 2020. A new gaming losses deduction rule contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill has drawn opposition in states like Nevada because it unfairly taxes gamblers on so-called “phantom income."

Gaming experts assembled by U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., for a town hall this week bemoaned a tax change included in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, saying it would benefit …

13 August 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Slot manufacturer’s new machine aims to steer younger demographic onto the gaming floor

A player gives the new Running Rich Grand Prix slot machine a spin. “It truly is a hybrid slot machine,” Competition Interactive CEO Paul Steelman said of the game, which features cars and characters, free spins and bonuses that allow players to play a video game race.

What if Mario Kart met real-money gaming? That’s what Las Vegas-based gaming manufacturer Competition Interactive is attempting to do with Running Rich Grand Prix, a new slot machine complete with a steering wheel ...

21 July 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

College football by the odds: Handicapping every Mountain West team’s win total

Boise State quarterback Maddux Madsen (4) runs through the UNLV defense on a touchdown run in the first half of the Mountain West Championship game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

Boise State has won the Mountain West five times in 12 years but could really set themselves apart with one more championship on the way out. ...

15 July 2025
By Case Keefer

Con unos ingresos de 72 billones de dólares en 2024, la racha de crecimiento del juego continúa

Antonia Garcia cleans slot machines at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, March 18, 2020. When shuttered casinos reopen in Nevada, fewer patrons will be allowed in, nightclubs will remain closed, convention groups will be limited and gamblers will have to keep safe distances apart.

Según el informe “Estado de los estados en 2025” publicado recientemente por la American Gaming Association, la industria del juego comercial en Estados Unidos generó casi 72 billones de dólares en ingresos en 2024. Esto supone el cuarto año consecutivo de ingresos récord.

14 July 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Report: US gaming revenue soars to record $72 billion, continuing four-year winning streak

A local gambler plays simultaneously on two coin slot machines after winning a big jackpot at El Cortez Casino, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019.

The U.S. commercial gaming industry generated nearly $72 billion in revenue in 2024, according to the American Gaming Association’s recently released “State of the States 2025.”

14 July 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Nevada's Titus, Trump loyalists align on challenging gambling tax

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., who co-chairs the Congressional Gaming Caucus, says the policy she wants to overturn is different from other major Democratic concerns in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” “This is very simple. It’s something that people didn’t talk about that’s not going to generate much money. It’s an easy fix and it’s nonpartisan,” she said. “I’m not trying to turn this into any ideological argument. I just think it’s a fair tax fix.”

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is expanding the coalition opposing a last-second provision added to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” capping how much can be deducted from gambling winnings to 90% ...

9 July 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

UNLV positions itself as tribal industry training ground

Exterior of UNLV's William F. Harrah College of Hospitality's new building called Hospitality Hall on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.

UNLV is partnering with several colleges serving primarily Native American students to prepare graduates for careers in the tribal gaming and ...

7 July 2025
By Hillary Davis

Nevada's Titus fights back on gambling hit in Trump tax bill

U.S. Congresswoman Dina Titus says she'll introduce legislation to rescind a provision in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” overhauling how taxes are calculated for gamblers …

The change, a late addition to the Senate version the House of Representatives concurred with Thursday, reduces the amount gamblers can deduct from their winnings to 90% of ...

4 July 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas sees 180,000 fewer visitors in April as tourism decline continues

A view of the Las Vegas Strip looking southbound from Flamingo Road Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.

However, the business travel sector performed well in April, as convention attendance surged 13.9% compared to the previous year, the authority reported.

28 May 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Gaming, cannabis industry show interest in collaboration at UNLV panel

Fifth Street Gaming CEO Seth Schorr says its time to reconsider the regulatory wall of separation between Nevada’s gaming and cannabis industries. “We can’t afford to miss any opportunities” with visitation to Las Vegas down, Schorr said at a UNLV panel discussion on Monday, May 19, 2025.

Cannabis-friendly state legislation involving the Resort Corridor may offer a crucial opportunity for Las Vegas’ ability to attract visitors amid projected shortfalls, a gaming executive says …

22 May 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Consider a bet on these five golfers to win the Masters

Russell Henley shields his eyes while lining up a putt during the second round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, at TPC Summerlin. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Rory McIlroy stands alone in having put together the strongest season on the PGA Tour so far this year. There’s a strong case to be made that fellow ...

9 April 2025
By Case Keefer

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas pick and preview of Florida vs. Houston

Houston's L.J. Cryer (4) celebrates with teammates including Desert Pines High graduate Milos Uzan (7) after Houston beat Duke in the national semifinals at the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in San Antonio.

The Blue Devils would have been a clear favorite against the Gators; the Cougars are more or less a coin flip. ...

7 April 2025
By Case Keefer
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