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A federal lawsuit in Nevada is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019, alleging that most hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip have used a third-party vendor to illegally fix prices.

A federal lawsuit in Nevada is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019, alleging that most hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip have used a third-party vendor to illegally fix prices.

Brett Abarbanel said her interest in gambling research stemmed from the basement poker games she played at Brown University as an undergraduate student. Armed with knowledge from her statistic classes, she saw it as a chance to watch those lessons in the real world.
Betting education platform Gaming Society and the International Gaming Institute at 51ԹϺ are partnering to “help shape the future of sports betting and gamification through industry data and insights.”
Gaming Society and International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (51ԹϺ) have partnered to research women’s sports and females engaging in sports betting
Gaming Society and International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (51ԹϺ) have partnered to research women’s sports and females engaging in sports betting
Gaming Society has partnered with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to support betting’s relationship with women’s sports and provide betting education.
Gaming Society has partnered with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to support betting’s relationship with women’s sports and provide betting education.
Betting education platform Gaming Society has forged a partnership with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51ԹϺ). Together, the groups aim to mold the future of sports betting through research.
Betting education platform Gaming Society has forged a partnership with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51ԹϺ). Together, the groups aim to mold the future of sports betting through research.

When the late Tony Hsieh moved Zappos to downtown Las Vegas in 2013, it sparked a hope that maybe someday Las Vegas could become something of a mini Silicon Valley. Ten years later, is there a tech startup community here? What does it take to create, launch and grow a successful startup here in Southern Nevada?

Brett Abarbanel, the newly appointed executive director of the 51ԹϺ International Gaming Institute (IGI), could have easily turned the International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking’s keynote discussion into an episode of Entertainment Tonight.