UNLV Gaming Law Journal

What UNLV Gaming Law Journal does

UNLV Gaming Law Journal (GLJ) is a peer-reviewed specialty academic journal of legal scholarship dedicated exclusively to gaming law, published by students of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Founded in 2009, GLJ positions itself as the only specialty journal in the United States focused on gaming law, producing approximately one volume per year and reaching Volume 16 in 2026. The journal's content covers gaming case law, legislation, administrative regulations, tribal law, sports betting, esports, and adjacent policy issues including social policy, artificial intelligence, addiction, and climate change as they intersect with gaming.

The publication is produced by a small editorial team of approximately seven (second-year through fourth-year Boyd Law students plus faculty oversight) and is co-published in conjunction with the International Masters of Gaming Law, an external professional organization that provides industry expertise. The journal operates entirely on Elsevier's Digital Commons scholarly publishing platform, which provides article hosting, PDF delivery, RSS feeds, email alert subscriptions (bealerts), and inclusion in the Digital Commons Network. The journal is digital-only, global in distribution scope, and offers subscription access (with pricing not publicly disclosed).

As a non-profit scholarly publication embedded within UNLV's public law school, GLJ has no disclosed commercial revenue model, no venture or external commercial ownership, and no paid customer base in the conventional sense. Its readership comprises law students, legal scholars, gaming industry professionals, and academic libraries seeking authoritative analysis of gaming law. The journal's strategic significance is editorial and reputational rather than commercial — it functions as a niche-monopoly scholarly venue rather than a growth-stage business.

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UNLV Gaming Law Journal

Legal name

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

Website

https://unlvgaminglawjournal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UNLV Gaming Law Journal is a non-profit, student-published academic journal at UNLV's Boyd School of Law — the only US specialty journal dedicated to gaming law. It serves legal scholars, students, gaming industry professionals, and academic libraries with peer-reviewed analysis of gaming case law, regulation, and policy, hosted on Elsevier's Digital Commons platform.

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Legal Academic Publishing

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Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

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Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAG)

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Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA)

Keywords

• Legal academic publishing
• Gaming law scholarship
• Law journal subscriptions
• Peer-reviewed legal journals
• Gaming regulation research

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Las Vegas

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United States

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North America

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Core offering

The UNLV Gaming Law Journal (GLJ) is a peer-reviewed academic law journal published by students of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It publishes legal scholarship dedicated to gaming case law, legislation, administrative regulations, and policy matters including social policy, artificial intelligence, addiction, tribal law, and climate change as they relate to gaming. The journal is distributed digitally via Elsevier's Digital Commons platform and targets legal scholars, gaming industry professionals, and academic institutions.

Product overview

UNLV Gaming Law Journal (GLJ) is a single academic publication—a specialty law journal dedicated to gaming law scholarship. It is published by students of the William S. Boyd School of Law in conjunction with the International Masters of Gaming Law. The journal publishes legal analysis on gaming regulations, sports betting, tribal law, casino operations, and related policy matters. It is hosted on Elsevier's Digital Commons platform, which provides the technical infrastructure for article submission, peer review, PDF distribution, and reader access. The journal does not offer a modular product architecture or separate product lines.

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• UNLV Gaming Law Journal (GLJ) A peer-reviewed academic journal of legal scholarship dedicated to analyzing the law and policy implications of gaming case law, legislation, administrative regulations, and broader social issues including social policy, artificial intelligence, addiction, tribal law, and climate change. Targeted at legal scholars, law students, gaming industry professionals, and academic libraries.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Masters of Gaming LawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partner for the UNLV Gaming Law Journal. The journal is published by students of the William S. Boyd School of Law in conjunction with the International Masters of Gaming Law, providing industry expertise and collaboration in gaming law scholarship.

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Others

• Harvard Law Review: Premier student-edited law journal. Comparable as a student-run legal publishing operation, though vastly more cited and broader in scope than GLJ.
• Stanford Law Review: Elite student-edited law journal publishing legal scholarship. Comparable as a student-run academic legal publishing operation, though generalist in subject matter.
• William S. Boyd School of Law (UNLV): Parent institution publishing GLJ. Comparable as the academic host organization producing legal scholarship, but operates as the broader law school rather than as a journal.
• Yale Law Journal: Elite student-edited law journal. Comparable as a scholarly legal publishing operation, though far broader in scope and significantly more prestigious than GLJ.
• UNLV Nevada Law Journal: Sister student-edited law journal published at the same William S. Boyd School of Law. Comparable as an academic legal publishing operation but covers general legal topics rather than gaming-law specialization.
• International Masters of Gaming Law: Co-publishing partner of GLJ and an industry association producing gaming-law education, certification, and events. Comparable as an adjacent organization producing gaming-law content, though not a journal.
• UNLV International Gaming Institute: UNLV-affiliated gaming research and policy institute located at the same university. Comparable as a sibling organization producing gaming-focused research and policy output, though focused on industry research rather than legal scholarship.

Direct peers

• Gaming Law Review (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.): Peer-reviewed commercial journal dedicated to gaming law, regulation, and policy. Directly comparable to GLJ in subject matter (gaming law scholarship) but operates as a commercial rather than student-run academic publication.
• Journal of Gambling Studies (Springer): Peer-reviewed academic journal covering gambling research including legal, regulatory, and social aspects. Materially comparable as a scholarly outlet on gambling, though more oriented to social science than legal scholarship.
• International Gambling Studies (Taylor & Francis): Peer-reviewed journal publishing interdisciplinary research on gambling including law, regulation, and policy. Comparable to GLJ as a scholarly gambling-focused publication but with broader international and interdisciplinary scope.

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