Atlantis launches tribal egaming network

Nevada-based egaming company Atlantis Internet Group has launched a “legal intranet gaming” network, with tribal casinos in Louisiana and California the first two venues to join.

Coushatta Indian Casino in Louisiana and Coyote Valley Casino in California have been announced as the first names on the network, which is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

The network was established in 2009 following an opinion from the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), and is now going live with content from “some of the world’s most prominent gaming vendors”.

Atlantis signed a licensing agreement with Cake Poker in 2010 which would see the US-facing network operator to provide poker software for the network.

Among the products offered are slots, poker, table games and virtual sports and horse racing, and players can access the networks within bricks and mortar casinos, via slots, kiosks and mobile devices.

Atlantis Internet Group CEO Donald L Bailey said in a statement: “[B]ased on the NIGC opinion, to date ATIG is the only gaming company that can legally offer online linking games other than bingo, nationwide for live cash, such as poker and progressive jackpots.”

The launch of Atlantis’ network follows the launch of Olympian Trading’s own tribal network GEObet, whose poker product is provided by Merge Gaming and which offers products from CTXM, Microgaming and EveryMatrix.

Peter Karroll, CEO of the Olympian Trading-owned IAM Corp, recently explained in an opinion piece for eGaming Review that Native American tribes need fair egaming licensing rather than government handouts.