US casino visitors are finding a new skill-based game on their next trip to several major casino properties. Unlike previous skill-based games that most people walk by, this one has a very familiar theme that might cause patrons to stop and give it a try.
New Jersey online casinos offer better video poker than is found on most Atlantic City machines. Another bonus is that the limits are lower at New Jersey online casinos. Players can usually find full pay games at the nickel denomination at regulated New Jersey sites. Atlantic City casinos require at least $.25 denomination but often it is $1 or $5.
One of the most popular booths at the 2017 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) housed skill-based casino game developer Gamblit Gaming. And one of the most popular products in the Gamblit booth was its multiplayer Deal or No Deal Poker game.
Roughly one year after G2E 2017, not one, but two different versions of Deal or No Deal Poker have found their way onto the gaming floor of several popular Las Vegas, Nevada casinos.
Per a press release by Gamblit Gaming:
In an exclusive partnership with Endemol Shine Gaming, Gamblit Gaming brings a hit TV game show to casino floors with Deal or No Deal® in both a multiplayer form with Deal or No Deal Poker Special® on Gamblit’s Model G™ interactive game tables and single player experience, Deal or No Deal Poker on the TriStation™ game machine.
Where to play these casino games
According to Gamblit, the Model G are now live at Caesars Palace, Paris, Planet Hollywood, Harrah’s Las Vegas, the Flamingo, The LINQ and MGM Grand, as well as other locations across the country.
The TriStation version of the game is available at The LINQ, Planet Hollywood, MGM Grand, the Flamingo, Harrah’s Las Vegas, Bally’s Las Vegas, The Orleans and more.
A multiplayer Deal or No Deal Poker game
Gamblit describes its multiplayer Deal or No Deal Poker Special as, “Players compete to uncover the highest value briefcase in the ultimate challenge of striking a deal to win big or risk it all.”
Here’s how it works.
The Model G game table the game is played on accommodates up to four players. At the start of the game, each player places a wager and chooses a briefcase. Only the winner’s briefcase will be revealed at the end of the game.
After that, the game begins.
Cards appear in the middle of the table and players can ignore them or grab them (the first player to grab the card receives it) in order to make a five-card poker hand. At the end of the round, the best poker hand wins. However, the game is not over at that point.
Like Deal or No Deal, the player still doesn’t know what’s in their briefcase (their winnings) and is offered a deal by the banker. The deal offered is based on the briefcases selected by the players at the beginning of the game, so it could be high or low. The player can either accept the offer or open their briefcase.
Single player TriStation version of Deal or No Deal Poker
Unlike the competitive Deal or No Deal multiplayer game featured on the Model G table, Gamblit’s TriStation games are single player. They use a standard video poker style payout table.
The single-player TriStation version is more like classic video poker. Instead of grabbing cards from the table, the player is dealt a five-card hand and can either hold or discard each card.
Instead of being dealt a random card, each briefcase holds one of the remaining cards in the deck. A number of briefcases will be revealed and the player chooses one of the remaining briefcases for each discard.
More new games on the horizon
Another popular Gamblit game at G2E 2017 was its multiplayer Pac-Man tables. These are also apparently being converted to the single-player TriStation format.
This is the new single player Pac Man game coming to casinos next year from @GamblitGaming I mentioned yesterday @TravelZork. Look forward to playing @G2Eshowspic.twitter.com/vDZ4aotywJ
— Marc (@MeltzVegas) September 17, 2018
After the launch of Deal or No Deal Poker, both versions of Pac-Man are likely to land on casino floors soon.
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There will soon be a new player on the block in New Jersey, with the announcement that the PlayMGM brand will enter the online poker and casino markets after a deal between MGM Resorts International and GVC Holdings PLC.
The same market that PokerStars entered with a fanfare last year, New Jersey currently boasts many of the poker world’s biggest names in their online offerings, but this is the first time the iconic MGM brand will feature since the state regulated poker back in 2013.
“This is a historic moment for MGM Resorts to be launching real money online casino and poker under the MGM brand for the first time,” stated Corey Sanders, Chief Operating Officer of MGM Resorts. “GVC has been a first-rate partner for us, and we are excited about the possibilities of extending that partnership as regulated markets open up in the U.S.”
GVC are well-known in the poker and online gaming world, currently owning brands such as Party Poker, Bwin and SportingBet - and their own Chief Operating Officer, Shay Sege, said of the new deal:
“We are delighted to extend our relationship with MGM Resorts and to be launching casino and poker under the PlayMGM brand in New Jersey. MGM Resorts is quite simply one of the biggest and best names in the business, and we look forward to working with them for many years to come.”
With a launch set for later this year, PlayMGM casino and poker ’will sit on the latest version of GVC’s proprietary technology stack, which offers desktop and mobile variants, over 300 casino games and multiple variants of tournament and cash play poker’, according to Gamblinginsider.com.
With both Borgata Poker and Party Poker being hit hard by the return of PokerStars in 2016, this new venture will be looking to make up lost ground and return both players to the top of the New Jersey rankings, details of which can be found on Onlinepokerreport.com.