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Saying Las Vegas needs to use every tool it can to attract tourists and offer experiences they want during a downturn in visitation, the CEO of Fifth Street Gaming continued his push for a marriage between the casino and cannabis industries.
Saying Las Vegas needs to use every tool it can to attract tourists and offer experiences they want during a downturn in visitation, the CEO of Fifth Street Gaming continued his push for a marriage between the casino and cannabis industries.
Casino companies should be allowed to offer marijuana on their premises, although doing so would require a change in state gaming regulations and laws, some experts argued on Friday. During the third annual Cannabis and Gaming policy discussion — jointly sponsored by the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý International Gaming Institute and the Cannabis Policy Institute — state lawmakers and gaming industry experts discussed changes to current state policy.
Younger gamblers prefer electronic products to traditional ones but were not quick to embrace prediction markets when they debuted, if Nevada college students are any indication. These are among the more interesting findings of a study conducted by University of Nevada Las Vegas researchers at the International Gaming Institute.
There are so many things to think about when you’re giving your teenager his or her first phone. Gambling is nearing the top of the list.
Cannabis' reclassification to Schedule I might signal big changes for Nevada's businesses and consumers; CCSD's Jhone Ebert inherits a changing school district; and 20 years in, local music mainstay Keith Thompson reflects upon the success of the Composers Showcase — all that and more on the latest episode of KNPR's State of Nevada.
Nevada's ailing cannabiz wants a better relationship with the casinos, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Since the state legalized REC in 2016, the casino industry, which answers to federal financial regulators, has distanced itself from the industry. The industry says that's part of the problem. The mandatory 1,500 feet between cannabis businesses and casinos keeps tourists away and invites the illegal market in.
More than 80% of businesses in the space have embraced generative AI to support tasks like content creation and gathering customer insights, according to a new study by the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’ International Gaming Institute AI Research Hub in collaboration with audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG.
A new executive order issued this morning by the Trump administration reclassified medical marijuana, a shift that could ease research restrictions, provide tax relief for cannabis businesses, and signal a more tolerant federal approach to the industry.
Trump’s order shifting state-licensed cannabis to a less-dangerous drug category provides a tax break for operators and eases research barriers.
On this episode of Casino Reports’ weekly gaming-biz podcast, we welcome the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý International Gaming Institute’s Brett Abarbanel and Kasra Ghaharian for a discussion around their recently released report The State of AI in Gaming in 2026, what sectors of the industry are proactively adopting AI, and what sectors are lagging behind.
On this episode of Casino Reports’ weekly gaming-biz podcast, we welcome the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý International Gaming Institute’s Brett Abarbanel and Kasra Ghaharian for a discussion around their recently released report The State of AI in Gaming in 2026, what sectors of the industry are proactively adopting AI, and what sectors are lagging behind.
