PokerTek, the company that produces electronic poker tables for casinos, announced it signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with the largest casino operator in the world, Harrah's.
As part of the agreement, PokerTek has the exclusive rights to market a World Series of Poker brand of tables to all its customers.
It's not yet known at which Harrah's properties PokerTek's PokerPro tables will be installed.
Harrah's owns or operates 50 casinos in 13 states and six countries and its poker rooms worldwide hold more than 450 tables.
"We believe that there is a market for automated poker throughout our properties," said Gerry Tuthill, Corporate Vice President of Table Games for Harrah's, in a press release. "Poker continues to boom and many players who have learned the game enjoy the fast-paced action PokerPro tables offer."
PokerTek currently has tables in casinos in Florida, California, Michigan, Arkansas, London, Australia, South Africa and on several cruise ships. Its tables allows casinos to run both cash games and tournaments using a fully automated system that doesn't require cards, chips, or dealers.
All the action takes place on a touch-screen monitor located in front of each player. The board and button are displayed on a flat-screen monitor set in the middle of the table, and players sign up for the games using a kiosk system.
