Wireless Gambling Co. Gets Nevada Backing

The company that led a 2005 legislative effort to allow wireless gambling in Nevada won a recommendation Wednesday from regulators for licensing needed to market its hand-held, mobile gambling devices in the state.

 

The state Gaming Control Board recommended Cantor Gaming as the state's first licensed manufacturer and distributor of the devices. The board's parent state Gaming Commission will have final say on the licensing at a May 18 meeting.

The board endorsed Cantor after Joe Asher, managing director and vice president of the company, said Cantor is ready to invest "significant" capital to install mobile gambling systems in Nevada hotel-casinos.

Asher also said the devices should attract gamblers in their 20s and early 30s who have grown up with video games, cell phones and other devices, as well as older gamblers who use such technology.

Regulations passed in March, based on the 2005 legislation, made Nevada the first in the nation to approve use of handheld devices for gambling in any public area of the state's casinos, such as restaurants and poolsides.

 

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