Golden Nugget owner Tilman Fertitta stood before the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Task Force on Tuesday to request regulations on casino operators be eased to allow Louisiana to better compete with nearby states. As part of a statewide inquiry for insight from casino operators, Fertita laid out a litany of improvements that the state could make to improve gaming laws and regulations. During his pitch, Tilman said Louisiana shouldn’t limit the number of slot machines on riverboat casinos and at trackside “racinos.” The billionaire also questioned why Louisiana lawmakers continue to mandate non-track casinos be built on water,…

The Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas has joined forces with Miomni Gaming to develop and launch a new mobile sports betting application for punters in the US state of Nevada. Consumers can sign up for the app by visiting the casino’s sportsbook with photo ID, their social security number and placing a cash deposit. Once registered, players will be able to access the app from any location in the state, with the option to place bets on a wide range of sports events. The Golden Nugget is the only sportsbook in Las Vegas that independently offers betting odds to…

Eighteen months ago, the Golden Nugget was hardly an afterthought in a New Jersey online casino market dominated by the likes of the Borgata and Caesars. Yet by April 2015, the Nugget was topping the revenue charts, owning 31 percent of the market and becoming the first operator to generate more than $3 million in casino revenue. In the latest issue of iGaming Business North America, Landry’s VP of Online Gaming, Thomas Winter, recounts Golden Nugget’s meteoric rise from virtual obscurity to Operator of the Year. The Golden Nugget’s entry into New Jersey’s iGaming market was marred by technical difficulties,…

NYX Gaming Group has agreed a deal to provide its interactive gaming platform to the Golden Nugget Atlantic City in New Jersey. The Golden Nugget provides traditional land-based and online casino services in the US state, with the latter of these offerings to be expanded through the new partnership with NYX Gaming. Under the deal, NYX Gaming will provide the operator with its online gaming platform, a new website and enhanced mobile applications by December of this year. The partnership will begin with the Golden Nugget this summer launching games developed by NextGen Gaming, the content division of NYX Gaming,…

iGaming Business – Online casino and solutions firm Bally Technologies has expanded its partnership with Golden Nugget to become the exclusive enterprise-wide system provider for the land-based operator’s five gaming properties in the US. The new deal will cover Golden Nugget properties in Nevada, New Jersey, Mississippi and a soon-to-be-opened casino resort in Louisiana. Bally’s systems offerings, which will be connected to almost 6,400 slots and table games, will also be customised to be integrated with the Golden Nugget ‘Select Club’ loyalty programme at more than 440 restaurants nationwide. In addition to the Bally systems already installed at Golden Nugget’s…

Press of Atlantic City – Wednesday was a long day for Atlantic City resident Michelle Olson. With several hours to go before the Golden Nugget opened the doors for its emergency job fair, Olson claimed the first spot in line at 3 a.m. in the hope of landing a job as a front desk attendant. As she watched the crowd grow from dozens to hundreds and beyond, she remained hopeful that she would land a position, saying she believed God was on her side. The job fair kicked off at 10 a.m. Wednesday and drew 1,300 people to the Marina…