Slot manufacturer Konami Gaming has joined a growing number of suppliers contributing equipment to the recently dedicated Dennis Gomes Memorial Casino Training Lab at Drexel University’s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management. The slot-maker donated three slot machines for use in the lab’s mock casino, which is part of a simulated casino-hotel used to train students in Drexel’s casino training program.
“Konami is proud to partner with Drexel University and the Dennis Gomes Memorial Casino Training Lab,” said Thomas A. Jingoli, senior vice president and chief compliance officer for Konami. “Dennis would be very proud to have his name associated with educating future gaming executives.”
“The addition of these new Konami games helps us to further simulate the casino operations environment for our students,” said Bob Ambrose, the center’s instructor of gaming and hospitality. “We are thrilled to have Konami as a partner.”
The Center for Hospitality and Sport Management also offers a casino student scholarship of $10,000 sponsored by the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), the international trade association representing manufacturers of electronic gaming devices, systems, and components for the gaming industry.
The casino training lab was dedicated in October. It is named after late gaming executive Dennis Gomes, who was CEO of Resorts and Taj Mahal as part of a legendary career he began as the investigator for Nevada gaming regulators who uncovered the Stardust skimming operation that was the subject of the movie Casino. Gomes died in 2012.
