The deal also contains a B2B provision that will allow the new JV partners to offer a turnkey online solution to potential customers – tribal or otherwise – in other states. MPTN chairman Rodney Butler said the tribe hoped to “take the same leadership position” that it has established in land-based casino gambling into the US regulated online gambling realm. The MPTN’s cross-state casino rivals at the Mohegan Sun inked a free-play online poker deal with Amaya Gaming’s OnGame network late last year.
GameAccount has previously entered the US online gaming market via a partnership with Australian slots outfit Aristocrat. Back in 2011, the two companies had teamed via their nLive free-play online casino, which is utilized by tribal and private land-based casinos including Maryland Live! and Michigan’s Soaring Eagle Casino. Aristocrat purchased total control of the nLive system in November.
GameAccount’s current online offering includes casino and skill games, with a mobile component and third-party game content from casino suppliers IGT and SHFL. GameAccount CEO Dermot Smurfit touted his company having been one of the first European-based outfits to establish a toehold in the US market and said they’d use their “specialist experience, expertise and technical functionality” to support their new strategic partner.