内华达大学和内华达拉斯维加斯大学准备在星期一公布明年合作将一个十分重要的国际博彩会议带到拉斯维加斯的详细资料。

　　艾丁顿和内华达大学雷诺分校赌博和商业博彩研究中心主任Bill Eadington教授和内华达拉斯维加斯大学国际博彩研究所常务董事Bo Bernhard教授，将宣布第15届国际博彩和风险承担会议于2013年5月19日至24日在拉斯维加斯凯撒宫召开

　　这一会议自1974年以来每三年一届，在拉斯维加斯已经举行过四次。

　　艾丁顿和内华达大学雷诺校区是这一会议的组织发起者，最近几年，这个会议在太浩湖、伦敦、蒙特利尔和其他一些国际化大都市召开过。

　　会议本来是定在今年的，但是内华达大学雷诺校区的裁员导致会议延期，艾丁顿表示与内华达拉斯维加斯大学的合作使会议得以继续。

　　“我和Bo Bernhard结识十余年了，一直合作愉快” Eadington说，“另外，内华达拉斯维加斯大学的酒店管理学院院长Don Snyder，也会带给我们一些真正高端精彩的主题演讲”

　　Snyder以前是博伊德赌场的高管，2010年被聘为威廉姆.F.哈拉酒店管理学院的临时院长。

　　Eadington和Bernhard将在内华达拉斯维加斯大学讨论会议的有关细节问题。

　　早期，会议聚焦于学术和研究方面，现在会议内容逐年演变为数学专家们研究更先进的博彩技术。

　　在2010年一次太阳报的采访中，Eadington阐述了这些年来越来越多的问题赌博、病态赌博，处理方法和博彩业技术的进化发展。

　　在2009年300人参加了这一会议，提出约180篇专业论文。Eadington说今年晚些时候会进行论文征集，而且因为会议在拉斯维加斯召开，可能会有400-500人出席。

　　2013年的会议主题预计有关在线博彩，拉斯维加斯、美国赌场、亚洲博彩的未来，沉溺赌博以及博彩行业新技术。

　　会议预计将吸引博彩监管机构、健康专业人士、数学家、国际代表、决策者、博彩爱好者以及学者和研究人员参加。

　　译文：

　　International gaming conference headed to Las Vegas

　　The University of Nevada and UNLV on Monday will announce details of a collaboration to bring one of the gaming industry’s most important international conferences to Las Vegas next year.

　　Bill Eadington, professor and director of the UNR Center for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, and Bo Bernhard, professor and executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute, will announce that the 15th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking will be held in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace from May 19-24.

　　The conference has been conducted every three years since 1974 and has been staged in Las Vegas four times.

　　Eadington and UNR have been the driver of the event since its inception and in recent years, the event has been held in Lake Tahoe. But it also has been held in London, Montreal and other international locations.The event was next scheduled for this year, but cuts in staff at UNR resulted in it being postponed. Eadington said the collaboration with UNLV would enable the conference to continue.

　　“I have known Bo Bernhard for more than a decade and we work very well together,” Eadington said. “In addition, with Don Snyder, the dean of UNLV’s hotel management school, it should enable us to get some really high profile keynote speakers.”

　　In the past, the event has been aimed at academics and researchers, and the content of the event has evolved over the years with early versions focusing on how mathematicians were exploiting ways to win more frequently at blackjack.

　　Snyder was a former casino executive with Boyd Gaming and was named interim dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration in 2010.

　　Details of the conference will be discussed by Eadington and Bernhard at UNLV.

　　In an interview with The Sun in 2010, Eadington explained that over the years, there was more discussion about problem and pathological gambling, treatment issues and the evolution of technology in the industry.

　　At the 2009 conference, about 180 professional papers were presented and about 300 people attended the event. Eadington said a call for papers is expected to be made later this year and that because the event would be in Las Vegas, there could be 400 to 500 people in attendance.

　　The 2013 conference is expected to address online gaming, the future of Las Vegas and casinos in the United States, gambling in Asia, gambling addiction and new gaming industry technologies.

　　The conference is expected to attract gaming regulators, health professionals, mathematicians, international representatives, policymakers, gambling enthusiasts, academics and researchers.