News: Center for Gaming Innovation

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Campus News |

With two dozen patents under their belts, Gaming Innovation students are grabbing the attention of casino game developers and showing the world what Vegas does best.

Professor Ashkan Salamat in his lab at U.N.L.V.
Research |

A yearlong collection of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty making the news for their discoveries and contributions to the community.

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s commitment to community, health care, and research.

Aron Kock demonstrates his blackjack variant to two onlookers at a gaming convention.
People |

Native Aruban Aron Kock found inspiration to come to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Center for Gaming Innovation in a pile of mango leaves.

U.N.L.V. graduate in cap and gown in crowd
Campus News |

A collection of stories highlighting 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students and faculty who made the news in 2018.

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Business and Community |

Unique program boosts student entrepreneurship in the gaming technology industry.

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Campus News |

In an only-in-Las Vegas program, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students are constructing the future of casino games.

Innovation Lab
Business and Community |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ class brings student-developed ideas to the market at the Global Gaming Expo trade show.

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Business and Community |

Esports is moving from huddles around a computer to becoming the next big spectator sport — and resorts are betting that it’ll bring Millennials into casinos.

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Business and Community |

The relationship between resorts, eSports and the Gaming Control Board is still being fleshed out. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers are right there to examine these emerging paradigms.

John Lukasik
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ supercomputer helps gaming innovation students do the math and make the pitch for a new fantasy sports game.

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Research |

Three ways 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's supercomputer has lived up to its promise and propelled research and economic development.