The Borgata Hotel & Casino has been granted the very first gambling permit from New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). It’s website will undergo a five-day trial period starting November 21st, pending a licence from its online Partner bwin.party.
According to the DGE, the Borgata Hotel & Casino has been the first land-based casino to file a complete application to offer online gambling in the Garden State. « We are honored to receive New Jersey’s first Internet Gaming Permit, said Tom Ballance, president and COO of Borgata Hotel & Casino. Borgata and bwin.party are aggressively pursuing our objective of being among the first to launch online gaming in the state ». « While no operator has yet received the necessary approvals to commence operations, we remain confident that we will do so ahead of the market opening, a spokesman for bwin.party said. We’re working very closely with our partner to launch Borgata-branded poker and casino sites and our partypoker site, which will also offer casino games, on day one of the opening of the New Jersey market ». The website could go live as soon as November 26th, right after the end of the trial period.
Source eGRMagazine
