Is a “prediction market” a gambling platform or an investment vehicle? That’s the question dividing state regulators from the Trump Administration, which is lining up its forces behind the prediction markets, arguing that they serve a useful function, allowing Americans to “hedge commercial risk” and serve as “an important check on our news media.”

During the segregation era, Black residents, workers, and entertainers were largely pushed off the Strip and into the Westside because of discriminatory housing and business practices that limited where they could live and gather, according to historians and oral histories preserved by UNLV and local museums. What could have been a story of isolation instead became one of creation. Block by block, the Westside developed its own ecosystem of hotels, restaurants, clubs, and gathering spaces that welcomed people the Strip shut out.

Should we bring gambling to Hawaii? It’s a question that raises many more questions. And the working group looking into it is getting some answers from some of the best experts in the world. The Tourism and Gaming Working Group is meeting with two leaders on the gaming industry from the mecca of gambling – Las Vegas – about the good and bad gambling brings, and whether it should be legal in Hawaii.

Should we bring gambling to Hawaii? It’s a question that raises many more questions. And the working group looking into it is getting some answers from some of the best experts in the world. The Tourism and Gaming Working Group is meeting with two leaders on the gaming industry from the mecca of gambling – Las Vegas – about the good and bad gambling brings, and whether it should be legal in Hawaii.

UNLV's School of Public Health has partnered with CareSource to launch the Community Health Innovation Grant Challenge, offering up to $25,000 each to six local organizations working to improve healthcare access and outcomes. The initiative comes as families across the valley face difficult choices between essential healthcare and basic needs like food and housing.

A blood test for Alzheimer’s Disease a game-changer for patients and their families.

A blood test for Alzheimer’s Disease a game-changer for patients and their families.

In the aftermath of Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek's illness and death, doctors are raising the alarm over colorectal cancer as an increasing threat to young men and women. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than 50.

For decades now, Republicans have wanted to implement voter ID laws at almost every level of government. And now, they may soon get what they’ve long pushed for. The SAVE America Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week. The measure requires proof of citizenship to register to vote across the country.