That’s according to Chandler Pohl, vice president and legal counsel for MGM Resorts International. His comments during a lengthy, and sometimes bewildering, Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) meeting on Wednesday means BetMGM Poker NV is still not close to prime time. (MGM Resorts International owns half of BetMGM, Entain owns the other half).
Nevertheless, Pohl urged the panel to recommend that the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) grant the company what would be its 14th extension of an interactive gaming license for online poker. The NGC is scheduled to meet ion April 18.
“We have a few more small projects related to sports betting, and then the timeline would allow the poker [product] to be the next project.”
The NGCB ultimately agreed to recommend another extension. Although the extensions are officially for six months, the NGC has been granting year-long extensions up to this point.
I don’t mind recommending another waiver to the Commission … but I’m going to leave a very clear record without conditioning the waiver.
