IGT's DoubleDown Casino partners with Jacobs Entertainment

IGT's DoubleDown Casino provides Jacobs Entertainment with an opportunity to provide their players with exciting casino style game play online, while remaining connected with the Jacobs brand. Also slated to arrive within the next few months on the DoubleDown Casino are several well-known IGT slots that are proven player favorites.

"What we are offering Jacobs is the chance to provide their players with a full-service casino style gaming experience while being able to see all the offerings that Jacobs also has to offer," said Eric Tom, executive vice president of global sales at IGT. "This also allows the player to try out and enjoy free-to-play slots and multiplayer poker when they're at home."

Visitors who select Jacobs run websites, including the Gold Dust West Reno, Gold Dust West Carson City, Gold Dust West Elko, The Gilpin Casino and The Lodge will have the opportunity to participate in thrilling social game play, which include some of IGT's top performing slot titles, such as Da Vinci Diamonds and Cleopatra.

"We are constantly looking for new ways to engage our players," said Steve Roark, president of Jacobs Entertainment Inc. "The partnership with DoubleDown Casino allows us to interact and reach out to our customers in fresh and appealing ways. For us, it's a win-win solution."

This rapidly growing revenue sharing partnership with DoubleDown Casino offers IGT's casino partners an avenue to provide extended social entertainment to their players on multiple platforms. IGT provides the largest social casino site in the world—directly on a casino's proprietary website, allowing the casino to have an advantageous opportunity to deliver targeted marketing messages to their customers.

New games will be added automatically to the virtual casino, and first-time users of the app will receive us$1 million in virtual chips to start their play.