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Crain's New York Business

Purdue Pharma has developed a habit that’s hard to quit: paying out bankruptcy bonuses to top executives.

Esports News UK

UK-based B2B esports events company Esports Insider has revealed the first wave of speakers for next week’s ESI Digital Winter.

Pahrump Valley Times

In the past nine months across Nevada, many individuals and families have struggled with the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, predominantly job loss and subsequent loss of income. In an effort to make up for lost income or cope with stress, many Americans have changed their gambling to levels that are making matters worse.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

COVID-19 cases are surging from coast-to-coast, and some states are beginning to lockdown again.

Casino.Org

J. Brin Gibson was appointed chair and executive director of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) this week, as the regulatory panel continues to confront COVID-19’s impact on the state’s casino industry.

Gambling News

A new online training program for gaming industry personnel will launch during the first and second quarter of 2021 at the William S.Boyd School of Law, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced yesterday. Operators, regulators, lawyers and others will have the opportunity to learn from instructors and tutors with decades of experience in professional gaming.

Forbes

Las Vegas is known as America’s playground, a place where adults can indulge in their vices and leave it all behind. But when it comes to turning a profit, sin is less important to Las Vegas Strip casino operators’ bottom line than business conferences and tour groups that fill hotel beds and restaurant dining rooms from Sunday night through Wednesday night.

Bem Parana

Close to giving Joe Biden victory, Nevada has become a Democratic state for the past 20 years, according to assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Nevada State University Kenneth Miller. According to him, the reason is one: Las Vegas. "The city has grown a lot and voters more sympathetic to Democrats have come to rival the former Republican majority in the state," he said.