After a rough start to 2017, Nevada’s poker industry is on a winning streak.

IN MID-NOVEMBER, VIDEO game publisher Electronic Arts released “Star Wars Battlefront II,” a multiplayer shooter for consoles and PCs. The title is likely to be a top item on many holiday shoppers’ lists; the original “Battlefront” sold an estimated 12 million copies.

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments Dec. 4 in the case of Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. The arguments are complicated and the Supreme Court’s ruling will not necessarily be black or white.

Some gambling technology companies expect the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize sports betting and are jockeying for position in the new industry months before a decision is even rendered.

The U.S. Supreme Court may legalize sports betting in 32 states if it rules in the favor of New Jersey’s quest to provide various gambling options. It is estimated that a well-regulated sports betting market in the U.S. may be worth five times its current value, thereby creating more job opportunities along with financial windfall for all the people associated with it.

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was a familiar presence at casinos around Nevada. Paddock, who spent a lot time gambling in the days before the attack, was part of an elite group of wealthy high-rollers.

Stephen Paddock was known to sit for hours playing slot machines and video poker, gambling with tens of thousands of dollars and earning VIP status and the lavish “comps” that casinos shower on their regular high-rollers to keep them playing.

For decades, sports fans have dreamed about heading to a casino property in the resort and placing a bet on their favorite National Football League team to cover the point spread.

As thousands of Las Vegans flock across the California state line to get their Powerball tickets; the one question on most people’s lips is, why doesn’t Nevada get on board?

Las Vegas is the backdrop for plenty of comedies and dramas both in print and on screen. The Strip has also been the focus of many a scholarly examination, including a now classic study on design, undertaken nearly five decades ago by a trio of Yale professors.

The highest-volume gambling hall in Ohio, with revenue in 2016 of $225.1 million, is getting into the business of pumping gas in the $2.25-a-gallon range. In October, the Hard Rock Rocksino will open the RockStop Gas & Wash in its parking lot along Northfield Road in the village of Northfield in northern Summit County.

Casinos are slowly embracing competitive video game tournaments as a way to help their bottom lines, but the money is coming from renting hotel rooms to the young players and selling them food and drinks, not from turning them into gamblers.