On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved South Point Poker as the state’s first interactive gaming operator, the poker room made history as the first U.S. casino to be licensed to operate an intrastate, real-money poker website.
South Point, an already free-play poker site using its own technology, garnered unanimous approval by the five-member Nevada Gaming Commission.
“We are pretty excited to enter the online gaming world,” said Lawrence Vaughan, chief operating officer of South Point Poker. “This is an incredible step forward. It’s going to redefine gaming and what the state can do.”
Vaughan said he is “optimistic that they would launch sometime in October” after final testing and regulatory approvals. South Point Poker must submit a plan of operation to regulators before it launches its real-money poker site.
“We built this home-grown in Nevada from scratch, to the regulations,” Vaughan said.
Monarch Interactive of Reno, was also approved for a license to conduct intrastate interactive gaming in the State of Nevada. Monarch must enter into contracts with licensed interactive gaming service providers, Nevada law currently limits permissible interactive gaming to poker.
The company said it is evaluating several interactive poker software providers and intends to partner with the provider that can offer the best quality product to its guests.
“The Atlantis Casino Resort Spa is known as one of northern Nevada’s premier resorts and recently was awarded AAA’s prestigious Four Diamond rating. We believe that the potential for synergy between our land based and interactive gaming offerings is significant,” said David Farahi, Chief Operating Officer of Monarch.
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