Golden Nugget sets US-first with online poker launch

Golden Nugget Atlantic City has turned out to be a pioneer among the land-based casinos in the US to introduce a live online dealer casino hold’em poker table.

GoldenNuggetCasino.com is the website on which the variant on Texas hold’em has been available since December 23. Various other live dealer services such as Dragon Bonus Baccarat, American roulette and blackjack are also explorable at this website.

Readily accessible via a desktop, tablet and mobile devices the casino hold’em table is a platform enabled to serve limitless number of players.

Along with the base poker game, the players get the privilege to wager on side bets for increased odds on hitting a top five-card poker hand determined from their two hole cards and the first three community cards.

Golden Nugget Atlantic City, based in the state of New Jersey, came forward with an innovative offering in partnership with Ezugi NJ.

Golden Nugget’s Senior Vice-President and General Manager of online gaming, Thomas Winter said “Being the first to offer a live dealer version of the world’s most popular poker game in America, casino hold’em, shows our commitment to delivering on an innovative and world-class product to our patrons,” “Our patrons have asked and we are happy to deliver on this request using our unique live dealer digital platform.”

Kfir Kugler, the Chief executive of Ezugi New Jersey, which also collaborated with Golden Nugget on its other live dealer games, added: “America is in love with poker, and by using the live dealer platform; the game retains its strong connection between the player and the dealer in a live environment.”