Caesars Entertainment Group is mapping plans to take the celebrated World Series of Poker into Nevada’s new real-money Internet poker market.
The casino giant will begin promoting the site to players at the start of the WSOP in Las Vegas next week.
“We anticipate our arrival to be sometime this summer,” Seth Palansky, a spokesman for Caesars Interactive, told Reuters.
This year’s tournament runs from 29th May through 15th July and will be televised in part on US cable sports network ESPN. Last year, the tournament drew more than 230,000 entries.
The Caesars site will operate using technology provided by 888 Holdings. The two companies already operate World Series of Poker sites in the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
Nevada became the first US state to offer legal real-money gambling online with the 30th April launch of Station Casinos’ UltimatePoker.com. Participation is restricted by law to Nevada residents or visitors in-state. Delaware expects to be the second state to go online with the launch of full casino-style gambling this fall. New Jersey plans to go live by the end of the year with sites operated by Atlantic City’s casinos.
Several other states also are considering legislation.
