Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
The American public wagers some $800 billion in casinos each year, losing about $60 billion. The industry's #1 revenue source is slot machines. How do slot machines work – and not work? How do game designers make losing fun? Physicist Olaf Vancura, author of several acclaimed books on gaming and holder of over 70 game-related patents, will take us on a tour of game development at one of the industry's leading content suppliers.
Anyone outside NIST wishing to attend must be sponsored by a NIST employee and receive a visitor badge.
For more information, contact Stephanie Shaw at 301-975-2667.
Colloquia are videotaped and available in the NIST Research Library.
Olaf Vancura
Vice President of Game Development
American Gaming Systems