Brett Abarbanel said her interest in gambling research stemmed from the basement poker games she played at Brown University as an undergraduate student. Armed with knowledge from her statistic classes, she saw it as a chance to watch those lessons in the real world.

Betting education platform Gaming Society and the International Gaming Institute at UNLV are partnering to “help shape the future of sports betting and gamification through industry data and insights.”

Gaming Society and International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to research women’s sports and females engaging in sports betting

Gaming Society and International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to research women’s sports and females engaging in sports betting

Gaming Society has partnered with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to support betting’s relationship with women’s sports and provide betting education.

Gaming Society has partnered with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, to support betting’s relationship with women’s sports and provide betting education.

Betting education platform Gaming Society has forged a partnership with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Together, the groups aim to mold the future of sports betting through research.

Betting education platform Gaming Society has forged a partnership with the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Together, the groups aim to mold the future of sports betting through research.

Betting education platform Gaming Society and the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic centre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to conduct research into female sports and betting as well as collaborate on educational development.

Gaming Society has partnered with UNLV’s International Gaming Institute to study women sports bettors as well as female sports fans' opinions on wagering on sports. The research, believed to be the first such study on women and gambling, is aimed at helping the gaming industry to become more inclusive. As part of the initiative, Gaming Society and IGI will be conducting and analyzing data from sport betting, technology and media companies, although the companies participating have not been announced. Gaming Society and IGI are expected to publish the findings of the research later this year.

Brett Abarbanel, the newly appointed executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI), could have easily turned the International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking’s keynote discussion into an episode of Entertainment Tonight.

The UNLV International Gaming Institute announced Brett Abarbanel has been appointed as its new executive director, having taken office on January 1. She has worked at IGI since 2016 as the director of research, with an affiliate research position at the University of Sydney Science, Brain and Mind Centre.