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Six weeks ago, thousands of New Year’s revelers gathered beneath the neon-lit marquees on the Las Vegas Strip — even though the big annual fireworks show was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Back when we had in-person conferences, one of the common comments was regarding the lack of female presenters and attendees. Entain is hoping to change that, having announced their partnership with the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Women’s Innovation Igniter.

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Entain and the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ have teamed-up to debut the Black Fire Women’s Innovation Igniter, which is described as a first of its kind initiative.

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Back when we had in person conferences, one of the common comments was regarding the lack of female presenters and attendees. Entain is hoping to change that, having announced their partnership with the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Women’s Innovation Igniter.

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Entain and the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (UNLV) announced on Thursday a new, groundbreaking partnership to launch the Women’s Innovation Igniter, an academic, technology, innovation, and mentoring program designed to provide UNLV undergraduate and graduate women with a pathway toward successful careers in the sports betting, gaming, and technology industries.

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Jan Jones Blackhurst has often wondered why more women are not gaming equipment designers – particularly slot machines.

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Entain plc and the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (UNLV) have launched the Black Fire Women’s Innovation Igniter, an academic, technology, innovation and mentoring program designed to provide UNLV undergraduate and graduate women with a pathway toward careers in the sports betting, gaming, and technology industries.

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Brett Abarbanel, UNLV International Gaming Institute's Director of Research, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss how the gaming industry has been impacted by COVID-19 and why people are turing to online gambling and gaming.

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At UNLV, Bo Bernhard has gone from casino chips to real money.

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In the two years since the U.S. Department of Justice revised its 2011 opinion on the Federal Wire Act in an effort to halt the expansion of online casino gaming, the activity has grown from three states to five with Michigan becoming the sixth state on Friday.

CDC Gaming Reports, Inc.

In the two years since the U.S. Department of Justice revised its 2011 opinion on the Federal Wire Act in an effort to halt the expansion of online casino gaming, the activity has grown from three states to five with Michigan becoming the sixth state on Friday.

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Gaining credit at Las Vegas casinos has been around as long as the Strip. But as technology changes, so does the way in which gamblers borrow money from the house.