MGM AND BOYD GAMING THE LATEST TO SEEK NEVADA POKER LICENSES (Update)

10 February 2012

US land gambling groups recently signed a partnership deal with Bwin.party digital  

Two major American land gambling groups that recently signed an online poker partnership deal with Bwin.party digital entertainment, a major European internet gambling group, have become the latest to apply to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for an intrastate internet poker licence, according to a report in the respected publication Card Player.

The Bwin.party group includes large online poker companies like Party Poker and the World Poker Tour.

The news comes on the heels of reports earlier this week (see previous InfoPowa bulletin) that Fertitta Interactive and its subsidiary Cyberarts had applied for similar licensing.

Card Player, which has been following the development of online poker licensing in Nevada closely, published the following list of applicants thus far:

• Cantor G&W (Nevada) L.P. — Service Provider
• South Point Poker (Gaughan Straight Holdings) — Operator
• IGT — Manufacturer/Service Provider
• 888 Holdings plc/888 US Limited — Manufacturer/Distributor/Service Provider
• Bally Technologies — Manufacturer/Service Provider
• Shuffle Master — Service Provider
• Aristocrat Technologies — Manufacturer/Distributor/Service Provider
• Monarch Casino — Operator
• Caesars Entertainment — Operator
• Boyd Gaming — Operator
• Fertitta Interactive, LLC; Fertitta Acquisitionsco, LLC — Operator/Service Provider
• MGM Resorts Online, LLC — Operator

Online Casino News Courtesy of Infopowa

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