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New research by the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» International Gaming Institute (IGI) suggests that identifying patterns of behaviour when people pay for gaming services can eventually support responsible gambling efforts, as it might help detect at-risk players. The study was conducted based on data provided by various payment technology and software providers.
The potential rise in problem gambling in the United States is undeniably a popular subject of discussion—and rightfully so. Today, legal mobile gaming products are available to consumers in 24 states, reaching almost 60% of the US population. This Problem Gambling Awareness Month, we’d like to highlight a new stream of gamblers’ behavioral data that could help inform operators, regulators, and advocates about ways that payment transactions can be used to help identify potential gambling-related harms.
Kristen Averyt has joined the White House's Council on Environmental Quality as director for drought and Western resilience, Daniel Lippman reports. She most recently was senior climate adviser for former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and is a research professor at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
Kristen Averyt is now director for drought and Western resilience at the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. She most recently was senior climate adviser for Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and is a research professor at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
Gaming Society and International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to research women’s sports and females engaging in sports betting
Gaming Society and International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to research women’s sports and females engaging in sports betting
Gaming Society has partnered with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to support betting’s relationship with women’s sports and provide betting education.
Gaming Society has partnered with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to support betting’s relationship with women’s sports and provide betting education.
Betting education platform Gaming Society has forged a partnership with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (UNLV). Together, the groups aim to mold the future of sports betting through research.
Betting education platform Gaming Society has forged a partnership with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (UNLV). Together, the groups aim to mold the future of sports betting through research.
Betting education platform Gaming Society and the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic centre at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (UNLV) have partnered to conduct research into female sports and betting as well as collaborate on educational development.
Gaming Society has partnered with UNLV’s International Gaming Institute to study women sports bettors as well as female sports fans' opinions on wagering on sports. The research, believed to be the first such study on women and gambling, is aimed at helping the gaming industry to become more inclusive. As part of the initiative, Gaming Society and IGI will be conducting and analyzing data from sport betting, technology and media companies, although the companies participating have not been announced. Gaming Society and IGI are expected to publish the findings of the research later this year.