May 01 Is organized crime profiting from your Mayweather-Pacquiao wager? By P. J. Tobia Boxers Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will face each other this weekend in what many are calling the "fight of the century." Hyperbole aside, this match is expected to shatter serious money records -- in pay-per-view sales, ticket… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 9:02 Bookies bank on sports fans who bet with their hearts By PBS NewsHour Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Las Vegas, the global epicenter of sports gambling, to learn how research and analytics separates the sports betting pros from the average joes. Continue watching
Jan 29 Go inside Vegas’ Super Bowl betting business with a pro gambler By Simone Pathe The Patriots and the Seahawks aren't the only ones with a lot riding on this Sunday's Super Bowl. Plenty of professional gamblers will also be watching the score -- and every interception in between -- in the hopes of boosting… Continue reading
Jan 23 Gwen’s Take: Finding the real people at the heart of Washington’s debates By Gwen Ifill The interviewer wanted to know what it was like to live in “Mad Men” Washington, where women have no power and men rule the roost. I had no idea what he was talking about. Once again, I was seeing how… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 6:21 Political divide on immigration reform looms over Nevada families By PBS NewsHour In Nevada, the debate on immigration reform has consequences beyond the political. Facing a mixed bag of law and executive action, many live with the fear that their families will be divided by deportation. Gwen Ifill reports on personal stakes… Continue watching
Oct 29 FBI impersonated repairmen in ruse, court filing says By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Federal agents turned off Internet access to three luxury villas at a Las Vegas hotel then impersonated repair technicians to surreptitiously get inside and collect evidence in an investigation of online sports betting, according to defense lawyers challenging the practice. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch Las Vegas high school curriculum leader talks about Common Core By April Brown Continue watching
Jan 10 The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show By Colleen Shalby The 2013 Internation Consumer Electronics Show or CES, is held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8 to January 11, 2013. Depicts the newest electronic inventions from Samsung, Dell, Canon, Sony, LG, Nvidia, and Withings. Continue reading
May 15 Watch What Ron Paul Wants If His Supporters Back Romney What Ron Paul Wants If His Supporters Will Back Romney… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Congress Agrees on 1 Thing: GSA Scandal an Outrage A General Services Administration Inspector General report spurred an uproar in Congress when it detailed spending on an $823,000 conference in Las Vegas that included a mind reader, a clown and a $31,000 reception. Kwame Holman updates the GSA spending… Continue watching