- The final decisions will be made by the Nevada Gaming Commission on January 24.
- Sartini’s parent company, Golden Gaming, owns Golden Route Operations, the state’s largest slot route operator and PT’s Entertainment Group, a tavern company, along with three casinos in Pahrump, Nevada.
- Rome-based Lottomatica owns subsidiaries around the world, including the slot machine maker Spielo, with US headquarters in Las Vegas and GTECH, headquartered in Rhode Island.
Two companies received preliminary approval Wednesday for online gaming licenses in Nevada.
The state’s Gaming Control Board recommended the service provider application of Lottomatica, an Italian gaming company, and the operator application for Sartini Synergy Online, a new arm of Nevada gaming and tavern company Golden Gaming.
The final decisions will be made by the Nevada Gaming Commission on January 24.
Golden Gaming owns Golden Route Operations, the state’s largest slot route operator, and PT’s Entertainment Group, a tavern company, along with three casinos in Pahrump, Nevada.
Rome-based Lottomatica owns subsidiaries around the world, including the slot machine maker Spielo, with US headquarters in Las Vegas and GTECH, headquartered in Rhode Island.
With operators, service providers and even an affiliate having secured licenses related to online poker, industry leaders are hoping to launch of the first real-money sites in Nevada sometime this spring. It is still unclear, however, which site will be the first to go live or whether several sites will launch at once.
Some state gaming officials also are pushing for compacts that would allow for state-to-state gaming, wherever it is regulated.
Correction: The article originally stated Golden Gaming applied as a service provider, not and online operator.
