Gaming Law
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Gaming Law Publications Once restricted to exotic locations like Las Vegas, Macau, and Monte Carlo, casinos are now operating in many cities nationally and internationally. This expansion of the gaming industry, both geographically and economically, raises new and important policy questions about the role of government in gaming regulation, the obligations and opportunities for casinos, and public support for gambling and gaming tax revenue. To help answer these questions, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Ngai Pindell and prominent gaming law attorney Anthony Cabot edited and published in August a book titled Regulating Land-Based Casinos: Policies, Procedures, and Economics. A useful guide for regulators, attorneys, and industry professionals worldwide, the book features experts in gaming law and regulation and takes an interdisciplinary approach to key practices in the casino industry. In 2013, Pindell and Cabot edited and published another book, titled Regulating Internet Gaming: Challenges and Opportunities. This book discusses key considerations and model approaches to Internet gaming regulation and outlines the important questions and emerging answers to regulating gaming activity outside of land-based casinos. Learn more » gamingpress. unlv.edu 12
UNLV Law | 2014
‘A Model for Gaming Law Education’ Boyd School of Law to Launch Gaming Law Degree It’s only natural that the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law is widely regarded for its expertise in gaming law and regulation. Nevada has long been a worldwide leader in effective gaming regulation as well as the intellectual, business, and entertainment center of the gaming industry. “When the law school opened 16 years ago, the faculty focused on developing a solid, well-rounded curriculum,” says Ngai Pindell, associate dean of academic affairs. “After building a strong foundation, we have been able to focus more in recent years on specific areas of emphasis, including gaming.” Pindell oversees Boyd’s extensive gaming law program, which will soon expand with the launch of a post-graduate Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Gaming Law and Regulation. The law school will welcome its first
LL.M. class in the fall of 2015. “The public’s general impression of the gambling experience is influenced heavily by movies, legend, and, to a large extent, focused branding efforts by the casino industry,” says Pindell. “This relatively simple impression belies cutting-edge research in technology, hospitality, and big data as well as important legal and policy issues in employment and labor law, intellectual property, alternative dispute resolution, and regulatory law.” “Our LL.M. will bring leaders in these areas to the law school to teach, to learn, and to build on an extensive body of existing research.” Nowhere does that make more sense than in Las Vegas. As the old saying goes: Location. Location. Location. “Our school should be a model for gaming law education,” said Jennifer Roberts, an adjunct gam-
ing law professor at Boyd, describing what many regard as the gambling capital of the world as the perfect place for a law school to offer a specialized gaming law program. Boyd offers more gaming courses to Juris Doctor students than any other law school in the country, including classes in state gaming law, federal gaming law and policy, Indian gaming, resort and hotel casino law, gaming legislation, and gaming transactions. “Although a number of law schools across the country have introductory gaming law classes, Boyd is the only one with an extensive curriculum that offers a unique policy perspective,” said Anthony Cabot, a partner in the gaming law group at Lewis Roca Rothgerber and faculty advisor for the UNLV Gaming Law Journal. Boyd is home to the UNLV Gaming Law Journal, a publication that has grown along with the school and gaming industry; a flourishing Gaming Law Society; and the Robert D. Faiss