![]() “The reception of GAN Sports remains highly encouraging as we look to carry this positive momentum into a strong cadence of new partner launches over the coming quarters,” Lekites said. GAN Vice President of North America Sports Rob Lekites said in a statement the company has developed a strong partnership with WynnBET in Massachusetts. GAN’s technology and platform are being used by the sportsbook at the Island View Casino in Gulfport, Mississippi. The agreement with Wynn follows an announcement by GAN in October 2021 to build out the sports betting infrastructure for Station Casinos retail sportsbooks, betting kiosks and the STN mobile app. “We look forward to growing our partnership with GAN and bringing an enhanced sports betting experience to our players,” Wynn Interactive President Ian Williams said in a statement. Nevada licensing could eventually lead to GAN becoming the supplier for Wynn’s sports betting in Nevada, which currently includes just a retail sportsbook at Wynn Las Vegas. GAN already provides the online platform for WynnBET’s operations in Michigan. In a statement, GAN said its sports betting technology would be used for the retail sportsbook and online sports betting operations at Encore Boston Harbor when the activity launches in Massachusetts in the next few months. ![]() Terms of the deal between GAN and Wynn were not announced. The Irvine, California-based company, which has offices in Las Vegas, announced an agreement in late December to provide the sports betting platform and technology to WynnBet, the sports betting subsidiary of Wynn Resorts operated by Wynn Interactive. But the absence of that approval hasn’t slowed the company’s growth in the continuously evolving market. is awaiting licensing by Nevada gaming regulators. Sports betting software provider GAN Ltd. GAN deal with WynnBet increases reach for the sports betting platform The company also owns two casinos in Missouri and a casino in Iowa.Ī G2E attendee checks out the sports betting platform from GAN Ltd. In 2019, Mary Beth Higgins was named CEO.Īffinity operates five casinos in Nevada – the three Primm properties, Silver Sevens in Las Vegas and Rail City in Sparks. Affinity is now owned by Illinois-based Z Capital Group, which took Affinity private in 2017. The company was rebranded as Affinity Gaming in 2011 following the bankruptcy reorganization. Herbst Gaming filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy two years later. It was considered one of the world’s tallest roller coasters when it opened in 1994, with a height of 209 feet and a drop of 225 feet, with a portion of the track running through the casino.Īffinity, then known as Herbst Gaming, acquired the three Primm casinos – Buffalo Bill’s, Primm Valley and Whiskey Pete’s – from MGM Resorts in 2007 for $400 million. The Desperado Rollercoaster at Buffalo Bill’s remained closed. ![]() Visitors walk through the casino in the recently reopened Buffalo Bill’s hotel and casino in Primm on Tuesday, Dec. Primm said slot machines and table games were available at the casino, along with the Wagon Wheel Grill restaurant, although a Nevada Independent photographer found only a handful of customers a few days after Christmas. In the Twitter statement, Primm Valley said “multi-million-dollar upgrades” would be coming to the casinos in 2023. Buffalo Bill’s was the last of the three Primm casinos to reopen. Representatives from Primm did not respond to emailed questions about the reopening. The privately held company did not make any formal announcement about the re-opening other than a post on the Primm Valley Resorts Twitter site, saying it was proud “to have the reels spinning again at Buffalo Bill’s.” It is one of three casinos operated by Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming in the community along Interstate 15 at the Nevada-California border. Howard Stutzīuffalo Bill’s Hotel-Casino in Primm reopened on Christmas Eve after being closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please click here to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. ![]()
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