Bwin.party’s New Jersey future uncertain after Borgata expands GAN deal

Online gaming technology provider GAN has expanded its free-play online casino deal with Atlantic City’s market-leading Borgata property to include a potential real-money online offering.

Shortly before Christmas, GAN (formerly GameAccount Network) inked a deal to provide its Simulated Gaming free-play product to the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. On Friday, GAN announced that the parties had expanded their relationship to include GAN’s real-money online Regulated Gaming product “in the event certain conditions are met.”

GAN, which already provides real-money gambling technology to Betfair’s New Jersey online casino, says the real-money Borgata deal is dependent on New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) granting its regulatory approval as well as the Borgata “providing GAN with permission to commence operations.”

GAN and the Borgata are forging ahead with plans to launch the Simulated Gaming product in H1 2016 but no timeline was offered for real-money operations.