While the GPS and cellular locators ensures the app only works inside Nevada, the system can be used by everybody (who is old enough) during their visit to Nevada. While this is a hopeful sign, don’t hold your breath waiting for online casinos accepting US players; for the time being, this is little more than an extension of the way that sportbetting has been handled in Nevada for years. 

Adding up development and mandatory authorization, the BlackBerry application is at least a year in coming. The state Gaming Control Board required exceedingly exhaustive testing, concentrating specifically on security features, for every single version of the application.

This means that fans of other types of mobile devices are are just going to have to wait for a while, but AWI executives assure that applications for the iPhone, Droid, and Windows Mobile phones are nearly ready for release.

AWI is well-known to the state’s sports betting companies; a subsidiary of the company has been providing hardware and software products for several years to a significant majority of the state’s many sportsbooks. American Wagering Inc.’s spokespeople predict that well-known international gambling names such as Harrah’s, MGM, and Wynn will use AWI’s wireless wagering system within the next year or two.