“At no other time in gaming’s history has the casino floor faced such a degree of business challenges while undergoing so many operational changes. “The casino environment has radically changed in the past decade and continues to spawn new technologies and reinvented business models,” said Ambrose. Ambrose is also an editorial contributor to several gaming magazines. From 2000-2007, he served as executive director of slot and marketing operations for the Tropicana Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, where he worked since 1985. “We appreciate the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s decision to allow us to accept this gaming equipment as an instructional tool,” said Robert Ambrose, a former Atlantic City gaming executive and an instructor of hospitality and gaming in the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management.Īmbrose previously served as a member of a team of gaming executives that developed and opened the Indiana Grand Casino under the late Dennis Gomes. Students also gain hands-on experience through cooperative education opportunities at major industry establishments such as Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino, among others. The casino management program is designed to expose students to the unique operating conditions and management challenges associated with the operation of a casino. Courses include discussions of gaming legislation, electronic boards, slot validations systems, slot communication systems, player tracking, preventative maintenance and general troubleshooting of slot machine problems. Instructor Ambrose brings new energy, enthusiasm and extensive contacts to our work and I am grateful to him for leading this initiative.” “With the university’s strengths in tourism, hospitality and food and beverage, a robust casino management program completes our model. “Gaming is a growing industry across Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia region in particular and the entire eastern U.S.,” said Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, professor and founding director of the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management. When not in use by casino management classes, the machines will be locked down. The machines will not accept currency and are subject to all of the rules and regulations that apply to casinos, including 24-hour video surveillance and notifying of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Enforcement Agency of every use. 33rd St.) in April, making Drexel the first university on the East Coast to provide on-site casino gaming equipment for educational purposes. The slot machines were installed in Drexel’s Paul Peck Problem-Solving Building (101 N.

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