In The News: International Gaming Institute

Associated Press

Several dozen middle schoolers played video games and toured the esports arena at the Luxor casino-resort this week as part of a new program working to get girls excited about careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

Whittier Daily News

ICYMI, we published the annual Southern California Casino Guide Monday (you may have seen our special email to you loyal Casino Insider subscribers), but since everyone likes to eat we wanted to highlight our list of all of the restaurants at the area’s casinos.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It marked the first time Sydney Ferguson played the online game Fortnite, especially on equipment used during tournaments at the HyperX Esports Arena inside the Luxor.

Las Vegas Sun

Roy Martin Middle school students take a Battle Born Girls Innovate tour at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas in the Luxor Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Battle Born Girls Innovate, an educational program for middle and high school girls, was founded by the UNLV International Gaming Institute.

Las Vegas Review Journal

How do casino companies get more millennials into their properties?

Las Vegas Review Journal

How do casino companies get more millennials into their properties?

El Tiempo

Amid the rising hotel and parking rates on the Strip, visitors have found another nuisance: beverage rates. Several night and day clubs throughout the Strip have confirmed that service rates apply to beverage orders.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Amid rising resort fees and parking fees on the Strip, visitors have found another vexation: drink fees. A number of dayclubs and nightclubs across the Strip have said they enforce service fees on drink orders.

USBets

Casino operators know they’ve got a problem attracting millennials, but they’d better figure it out soon or they risk becoming the next Sears or Payless.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When the green flag fell on the final day of G2E at the Sands Expo and Convention Center Thursday, the choice of Danica Patrick to deliver a keynote speech (of sorts) might have seemed curious.

Inside Asian Gaming

The president of the North American division of Australian slot machine supplier Ainsworth Game Technology has left the company to travel to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The #MeToo movement has companies around the world re-evaluating their sexual harassment policies and procedures, including those in the gaming industry.