In The News: International Gaming Institute
Lost in some of the commentary about what’s ahead for the gaming industry in 2017 is the ongoing “Las Vegasization” of Macau.
Technology is changing the gaming industry rapidly. Brett Abarbanel’s job is to make sure the International Gaming Institute (IGI) at UNLV never falls behind through all of these changes.
Las Vegas’ economy has made big strides since the depths of the recession, when foreclosures, layoffs and bankruptcies were pummeling the valley.
Look out baseball, football and basketball — you’ve got some competition.
Change is afoot in Las Vegas. A new casino resort opened this month and it's catering primarily to Asian tourists. Its signs are in Chinese and English, and the hotel features authentic Chinese food. Two major hotel corporations are now charging for parking at their resorts.
Brett Abarbanel gave Yogonet an inside scoop on the new eSports lab at the University of Nevada's International Gaming Institute (IGI) which aims to serve as an innovation and research center for the gambling industry.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and large group of supporters of Ainsworth Game Technology celebrated the opening of the company’s 291,000-square-foot North American headquarters in Las Vegas on Friday.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas students will be able to explore the eSports phenomena in today’s popular culture through an innovative new fall course from the International Gaming Institute (IGI).
If there is an ideal vision of how to connect higher education with an industry of the future, UNLV is perhaps the primary example of it.
Video game competitions have certainly evolved from friendly events where the winner simply acquired bragging rights over the loser.
Don't be too hard on a kid playing video games for hours on end. He or she may be working toward a very lucrative career.
The UNLV eSports course recently announced by the university’s International Gaming Institute (IGI) is attracting plenty of attention not only from perspective students but also the casino industry as a whole.