As of late, a number of companies have received licenses from the state that allow them to offer online poker to individuals throughout Nevada. There have already been a number of companies that have received the license, and now, the most popular casino in Vegas, Caesars Palace, has been put up for a recommendation for an online poker license. The online unit was recommended for licensure as an online intrastate poker operator in the Nevada area. The meeting was held in Carson City, during which the State Gaming Control Board voted to recommend a license for the company. They are the group that is in charge of the recommendation of licenses, and the commission is believed to be planning to issue the license before the end of the year.
The casino currently has the largest share of the physical casino market in the United States, and is certainly the largest casino in the Nevada and Las Vegas areas as well. They are planning to offer online poker, in conjunction with the World Series of Poker brand that is currently a subdivision under the company. It is thought that the company is going to be easily approved for the license, and become the 17th company that is been licensed to participate in the upcoming state-sponsored online poker licensing program. Some of the previously approved applicants are already in the testing phases of their software, which is a period of time that is going to be required before they are able to go live.
Caesars Palace is already planning to launch their online poker, once their technical partner, 888 Holdings LLC, a company that is located in England, is licensed as well. The two of them are going to be working together to put together a platform that allows people to play poker online, through the World Series of Poker brand, which has become increasingly popular in recent years. The company commented on the story after receiving the recommendation, saying that they had all of the necessary people in place to move forward, and would begin once they had secured the license.
So far, the online poker that is approved in Nevada is not community poker as you would commonly seen casinos and bars, and instead is poker that allows players to compete against one another. It will be interesting to see what kind of rules and regulations come down not only from the states themselves, but from Congress and on the federal level regarding online gaming. Online poker and other gaming activities was popular as short as 2 to 3 years ago, before many of the large companies were raided and had their assets frozen, suspected of allowing Americans to gamble online, acting outside of federal law.
With no company being sure exactly how the changes are going to affect them, it is clear that a number of companies have decided to play the hand that they’ve been dealt, and prepare for the Nevada licensing of state online poker, and an effort to ensure that they are able to provide online poker, as soon as possible, regardless of what kind of rulings come down from the federal government in the meantime.