eGaming Review December 2013 | Page 42

COMING TO AMERICA expensive process each operator and key employees must go through, it’s worth giving serious thought before jumping in. So while on one hand trying to compete with the big names of Caesars, Boyd Gaming, 888 and bwin.party in the US market will no doubt be an expensive and risky business, opportunities exist for most European operators willing to give it a go. What’s clear is that playing to an operator’s strengths is the only way forward, even if that is at the cost of launching its own brand in favour of providing B2B services. New Jersey is just the start of something much bigger and operators need to find their place sooner rather than later. "THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS WE DEEM WORTHY OF WHATEVER APPROVAL THEY ARE SEEKING" TALKING POLITICS SECTION 2 - A.G. BURNETT, NEVADA’S GAMING CONTROL BOARD CHAIRMAN STATE CALIFORNIA STATUS: POPULATION (M) GDP PER CAPITA (000s) 38M $51 MARKET SIZE ($) $798 SOURCE: EILERS RESEARCH, LLC 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 40 www.egrmagazine.com