The Golden Nugget, a subsidiary of Landry’s, has hired Betclic Gaming Director Warren Steven, as they start to think about life in the New Jersey iGaming sector.
In iGaming news, Landry’s continue their pursuit of the top European iGaming Brass with the appointment of Warren Steven. The former Betclic Gaming Director will join the team in December where he will function as the Product Director for the Golden Nugget online gaming business.
This is not the first time that Landry’s have moved for Betclic chic after appointing their former COO and CEO Thomas Winter at the beginning of September, as it turns to iGaming experience in the run up to it’s Nov 26th New Jersey launch.
Winter, 39, was recruited whilst the Golden Nugget was still going through the process of applying for its New Jersey online gaming license back in early September. The Golden Nugget recently became the second casino to obtain a New Jersey online gaming license after the Borgata took the first piece of paper in early October.
At the time of Winter’a appointment Steve Scheinthal, executive vice president and general counsel for the firm, said during an interview with Bloomberg: “
“U.S. casino operators are tapping European executives to draw on their expertise in an industry that is legally established in 10 countries. Online gambling generated almost $13.8 billion in revenue last year in Europe, and the U.S. market, led by Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, could expand to $7.4 billion by 2017, according to H2 Gaming Capital.”
Winter joined as vice president of Online Gaming, and Steven will now join his former Betclic teammate as he takes charge of a small team of six employees, with responsibility for product management and marketing operations for both poker and casino.
At the beginning of September, Golden Nugget General Manager Tom Pohlman issued a statement saying that the Nugget’s owners Landry’s had been approahced Houlihan Lokey investment bankers about selling either the bricks and mortar, or the iGaming business.
It’s believed that the iGaming business could be worth $50-100m.
