Kasra Ghaharian

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Director of Research, International Gaming Institute
Expertise: AI use and ethics in the gaming industry, Data science and gambling, Casino payments modernization, Responsible gambling, Consumer protection

Biography

Kasra Ghaharian is the director of research for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's International Gaming Institute. He is a global gaming expert who specializes in online settings and AI applications, machine learning, consumer protection, and payments modernization.

Ghaharian brings several years of industry experience in digital analytics, strategic marketing, e-commerce analysis and product management, enterprise strategy, and sales at several of the world's largest casino-hotel companies to the position. 

His scholarly works have examined ways to improve industry tech and user experience. While pursuing his Ph.D., Ghaharian explored the implications of digital payments for the gambling industry and applied machine learning to payment transaction data to uncover behavioral patterns and potential markers of problem gambling. His master's thesis was a first-of-its-kind study to apply mathematical methods to the age-old task of optimizing the casino floor. His current research projects include using consumer bank transaction data to support gambling harm prevention and investigating the efficacy of AI chatbots to educate consumers about responsible gambling. 

Ghaharian has been called upon by media outlets including BBC, Sports Handle, and Inside Asian Gaming to offer industry insights.

Education

  • Ph.D., Hospitality Administration/Management, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
  • MS., Hotel and Gaming, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
  • M.S., Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Middlesex University
  • B.S., Hotel and Gaming, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
  • B.S., Business, University of Surrey

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The link between artificial intelligence and ethics is critical and under observation from many sectors.
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The year 2024, which is almost behind us, leaves an important legacy for everyone, people, associations and companies from almost all parts of the world: the now massive introduction of artificial intelligence. A legacy that has already demonstrated its weight and potential, to the point that the European Union itself has intervened with a framework regulation that member states can and must adapt, but which deserves and will surely have even broader impacts in the near future.
Gioco News
The year 2024, now almost behind us, leaves everyone, people, associations and companies from almost every part of the globe an important legacy: the now massive introduction of artificial intelligence. A legacy that has already demonstrated its weight and potential, so much so that the European Union itself has intervened with a framework regulation that member states can and must adapt, but which deserves and will certainly have even wider impacts in the near future. In everyone's life, as mentioned. And also in the gaming and casino sector , which just this year have begun to use artificial intelligence not only for the automatic detection of player behavior, a very useful tool also for the purpose of preventing or treating pathological gambling, but also at a generative level.
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Few technologies have pervaded the social conscience and disrupted industries as quickly as artificial intelligence, or AI, has. Far from a buzzword or a flash in the pan, AI has spread its tendrils to reach every nook and cranny of the tech world, including and perhaps especially gambling.
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