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Horse Racing United Cantors towards poker platform

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Deal would see horse track group launch poker platform following regulation in the state

Cantor Gaming has been chosen to supply California’s Horse Racing United (HRU) with technology for an intrastate online poker platform ahead of potential regulation in the Golden State.

HRU is a non-for-profit coalition of horse racing businesses, whose members include Santa Anita Park, Del Mar, Golden Gate Fields and the Thoroughbred Owners of California. The deal is subject to the HRU being selected as one of a limited number of licensees to operate an intrastate gambling website.

Work is still underway to pass online gambling legislation in California. An amended version of online poker bill SB1463 is expected to be submitted in time for the state legislature’s fall session, after Senator Rod Wright pulled it from the California Senate Governmental Organisation Committee agenda at the last minute in June.

More details of what HRU would offer are yet to be clarified, but Josh Rubinstein, senior vice president of development at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, said the organisation is “committed to working with the State of California to seek a legal internet poker solution that works for all parties”.

HRU is the second major horse racing entity to reveal it is planning ahead for online poker regulation. Earlier this month eGaming Review revealed that Churchill Downs, one of the best known racetracks in the US, is planning to launch its own online poker network and has applied for an operator’s licence in Nevada. The Kentucky-based racing operator is also in talks with a number of providers including Playtech and Ongame, with chief strategy officer Ted Gay saying it was planning to be a “major player” in the online poker market.

The deal is the second in as many months in the Golden State for Cantor Gaming, following an agreement to provide the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians with a mobile casino gaming platform at its Colusa Casino Resort, and a similar agreement with Las Vegas’ Silverton Casino Hotel.

Parent company Cantor Fitzgerald is applying for a licence in Macau, according to CEO Howard Lutnick.

Cantor Gaming in mobile deal with Cali tribe

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Casino games, slots and video poker to be made available on customers’ mobile devices

Cantor Gaming has announced an agreement with California’s Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians to provide its Colusa Casino Resort with a mobile casino gaming platform.

The deal will see gaming technology supplier Cantor offer a wide selection of casino style games on its proprietary mobile platform, which will be available to Colusa’s customers present at the resort. These will include Xtra Odds Blackjack and Xtra Odds Baccarat, while a selection of slots, table games and video poker will also be available.

Lee M. Amaitis, president and CEO of Cantor Gaming, said of the deal: “We are delighted to enter the California market with Colusa Casino Resort and be the exclusive provider of mobile gaming at their resort. By offering our unique proprietary gaming content that combines pioneering technology and entertaining content with the ease and flexibility of our popular mobile devices, we are confident that we will provide Colusa customers with an extraordinary gaming experience.”

The deal is the latest example of a tribal casino partnering with an online gaming specialist. Last month bwin.party signed a 10-year B2B online poker deal with the United Auburn Indian Community, while last year Playtech signed an initial play-for-fun poker software licensing deal with COPA and has since launched the Calshark website ahead of potential regulation.

However Senator Wright and Senate President Steinberg’s egaming bill SB 1463 has failed to progress, having been pulled from a hearing in the California senate by the former last week due to lack of support. The bill faces stiff opposition from tribes and card rooms who have argued it does not go far enough protect their existing land-based businesses.

Senator Wright told the LA Times that he and Steinberg intend “to try and work some more and see what we can do. We will keep talking. But it’s a tough go”.