WMS Gaming and ACEP Get Nevada Licenses
ACEP is the parent company of the Stratosphere casino.
WMS Gaming and American Casino & Entertainment Properties (ACEP) are the latest companies to receive Nevada interactive gaming from the Nevada Gaming Commission. They join a steady stream of licensed businesses ramping up for the onset of intrastate poker later this year.
In a move for online poker legislation 2012, WMS is best know for making slot machines, but has been moving into the social gaming space recently. They’ll be licensed as both an interactive gaming system manufacturer and as a service provider.
ACEP is a big name casino operator and parent company of both the Stratosphere and Arizona Charlie’s casinos. Their plan for intrastate gaming is to start out with free play and add real money gaming sometime in 2013.
Both companies began the licensing process back in June and were approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board back on September 6.
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With no room for small affiliates, the legal USA market is a non-issue.
Ramping up for international markets instead.
I think the jury is still out on whether small affiliates will be covered by the operators’ license or not, but a total squeeze out by the big boys is not out of the question.