The Japanese government is systematically moving forward, albeit slowly, with legislation that will authorize the development of integrated gaming resorts, a major change for a country that has long prohibited casino gambling. And researchers from UNLV’s International Gaming Institute are helping Japanese officials prepare to build the best gaming industry possible.

Around the world in a year. That’s how far Bo Bernhard, the engaging 44-year-old executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute, goes to answer clarion calls — he terms them “bat signals” — that beckon him.

This area of law is prone to abuse. It’s difficult to file a bar complaint after you’ve been deported.

While women are increasingly choosing to keep their maiden name after marriage, a new study suggests that this choice can influence how people look at the husband.

Today in “Why is this still a thing?”: Keeping your maiden name could affect how people view your husband.

An increasing number of women are choosing to keep their maiden name upon marrying.

These days, it's not assumed that a woman will take her husband's surname when they tie the knot, and many are keeping their own.

Thirty-seven-years-ago on November 21, 1980, an electrical fire at the MGM Grand killed 85 people and injured more than 700.