Topic: gaming

Milton Bradley & Co. lithograph
Research | August 1, 2017

Research connects the material legacy of gambling in the Renaissance with contemporary board and card games.

esports gaming arena
Research | July 11, 2017

Card players, sports bettors and pool hustlers used to be the only ones playing games professionally. Now esports joins the fray.

Illustration of several people playing video games
Business and Community | April 3, 2017

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.

A woman crossing her arms in front of a slot machine
Business and Community | April 3, 2017

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

Iglesias
Research | January 24, 2017

Eadington Lecture looks at how the rise of public relations helped push the casino industry out of its past and into a new era of legitimacy.

gamblers at a casino
Arts and Culture | August 11, 2016

German historian explores how Las Vegas achieved what cities around the world have not: true distinction as a gaming destination.

Bill Eadington and Bo Bernhard
People | June 22, 2016

UNLV International Gaming Institute head Bo Bernhard named Satre Chair in Gaming Studies at University of Nevada, Reno, advancing a collaborative effort between the two institutions.

Hotel guests gamble at the slots
Research | April 20, 2016

How the old papers of an esteemed accountant and the memories of a casino legend chart the shift in the casino model.

Andre Wilsenach
Campus News | March 4, 2016

International gaming control chief tapped to lead new initiative, which will offer first-of-its-kind research and education programs for gaming regulators worldwide.