Live Casino supplier Evolution Gaming’s US expansion push has just hit another important milestone as the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement granted the company permission to expand its Atlantic City live studio.
Evolution opened the Live Casino facility at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City in August 2018. The studio was the company’s second one in North America and first on the territory of the United States. Evolution also runs a Live Casino studio in Canada, which it launched in British Columbia in early 2018.
In a petition filed on November 7, the major provider of Live Casino solutions asked New Jersey’s gambling regulator to allow it to dramatically expand its facility in Atlantic City. The Division of Gaming Enforcement gave the nod to the planned expansion of the studio last week.
Evolution will thus be able to more than double the studio and to add more tables to its existing offering. The company will expand the facility by 3,163 square feet to 5,386 square feet. The now approved expansion will also include the addition of 26 gaming tables, including one Money Wheel table, one Side Bet City table, and 24 Blackjack tables.
Approval Subject to Conditions
The New Jersey gambling regulator told Evolution that it will have to ensure that it has fulfilled certain conditions before being allowed to use the expanded Live Casino space. The company will need to make sure that it is compliant with the state’s CCTV requirements to record all gaming tables no matter whether active or inactive.
In addition, all CCTV cameras in the expanded Live Casino studio will have to be accessible from the Division of Gaming Enforcement’s monitoring system.
The Hard Rock Security Department will remain responsible for the security of the Live Casino studio since the facility is located at Hard Rock’s Atlantic City property.
Once the expansion process is complete, the Division of Gaming Enforcement will conduct inspections at the studio to ensure that all changes made conform to rules and regulations. The regulatory review will include, but will not be limited to, an “assessment of the adequacy of CCTV and security coverage.” Evolution will be able to use the expanded space only after the state gambling watchdog has completed its inspections.
In 2013, Evolution became the first supplier of Live Casino solutions to be awarded Preliminary Waiver approval by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. Opening the company’s first US Live Studio last year, CEO Martin Carlesund said that their US entry “has been a carefully considered long-term project” and that it was the right time to set foot in New Jersey.
Aside from New Jersey, Evolution is also poised to expand to neighboring Pennsylvania where it received a conditional Interactive Gaming Manufacturer license in September. The company has also revealed plans to build a Live Casino studio in the Keystone State. The facility is expected to open doors sometime next year.
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