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Evolution gets OK to begin using big new tech center it built at Showboat

November 9, 2026 · 5:05pm ET | 2:05pm PT
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  • Wayne Parry, The Press of Atlantic City

Evolution, one of the world’s largest technology and content suppliers to the online gambling industry, has received permission from New Jersey gambling regulators to begin using a large new center it built inside the Showboat Resort Atlantic City.

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, in a letter sent to Evolution on Oct. 23, gave it permission to begin preparing the 60,000 square-foot center for use.

Four days later, the agency issued an order granting approval to operate the facility.

Both actions were made public Monday when the agency posted them on its web site.

The center had been under construction since 2025 on the second floor of the Showboat, one of several new uses owner Bart Blatstein has developed for the former casino-hotel.

The facility is the latest in a growing line of centers needed to service New Jersey’s fast-growing online gambling industry, which is showing signs of permanently overtaking in-person gambling as the dominant method of betting.

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