Five more deals expected in New Jersey
Regulator says all 12 casinos have revealed plans to partner with egaming firms
Five more online gaming partnerships are due to be announced in New Jersey after every casino operator notified the regulator of their intention to partner with an “internet gaming provider” by the 29 June deadline.
Officials in the state confirmed to eGaming Review all 12 casinos had submitted plans to partner with an existing egaming firm with suppliers given until the end of July to apply for a licence.
To-date only four operators comprising seven of the 12 casinos in the state have signed partnership deals, with five more yet to be announced.
Sources have revealed to eGR that at least one of those deals is expected to be with a listed European egaming operator.
Lisa Spengler from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement told eGR the DGE was currently reviewing the submissions and would be working with the casinos to ensure licence applications were completed by 29 July.
“For applicants that meet this filing deadline, the Division will be in a position to determine if they can commence internet gaming operations by the go-live date, Spengler said.
She added the DGE would continue to consider proposals from casinos that failed to meet the deadline, but there was no guarantee they would be ready to go live in November if they didn’t apply by 29 July.
New Jersey has set a November target for its first regulated online casino licensees to go live with Ultimate Gaming among those expected to be targeting a launch on day one.
The Fertitta Interactive-owned company, which was the first to launch online in Nevada, signed a deal with Trump Taj Mahal to run its online casino and poker operations on 1 July.
Other firms to have signed deals so far are 888’s partnership with Caesars Interactive, who own four casinos in the state, bwin.party’s deal with Boyd Gaming‘s Borgata Casino and Bally’s deal with the Golden Nugget.