Aristocrat Technologies’ Chairman Ian Blackburne cut a blue ribbon Thursday to open the Australian slot maker’s new $45 million, 180,000-square-foot Summerlin campus.

Blackburne, who became chairman nearly a decade ago, has seen Aristocrat transform itself from a niche player in the North American market to a dominant one. The surge in business and head count over the years drove the company to seek a new home in the valley.

What can I say about this campus? You have earned it,” Blackburne said to a few hundred Aristocrat employees gathered outside for the opening ceremony. “We had only one material presence in one part of one segment of this business” a decade ago, he said, as he recalled the company’s progress.

Aristocrat has taken market share from the likes of Scientific Games and IGT over the years through the release of popular slot games, including Buffalo and Lightning Link. The latest versions of those slots, including Dragon Link, continue to be best sellers today.

The company also has grown through the $1.2 billion purchase of Video Gaming Technologies in 2014, expansion into entertainment slot games and the release of the modern industrial-styled Helix cabinet, gaming analyst Todd Eilers of Eilers & Krejcik Gaming said.