Stratosphere Owners Will Have Online Poker Live by December

In an exclusive interview with Alec Driscoll, Director of Gaming Development for American Casino & Entertainment Properties, it was revealed that the established casino operator’s free online poker site should go live by December. 

Driscoll told PokerFuse.com “real money” play should be available shortly but there is nothing stopping the company from launching its free-to-play site. 

“We would love to launch it as soon as we get approval from the regulators to do so. We will open for free-play in December and we plan to be in that first group of operators that go live.”

While the Stratosphere brand is recognizable, it won’t necessarily be tied into the online product. 

“There is obviously value in brand recognition with the name Stratosphere,” Driscoll told PokerFuse.com.  “It’s an iconic brand, but we are going to go with a standalone brand. We decided that we had an opportunity with the emerging US (and Nevada) market to use a new brand. This also allows us to pull from the databases of our existing four properties and promote them all under one roof.”

Stratosphere has teamed up with Bally Technologies to provide its online poker platform.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com