Donald Trump, the billionaire whose name sits atop two Atlantic City resorts, is negotiating for any companion in New Jersey’s on the internet gambling marketplace after all 12 casinos notified the state of plans to give Net wagering.

Trump, who retains online gambling rights to his name, has held talks with Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the business that owns Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza hotels, as well as other possible partners, based on his daughter Ivanka Trump, an executive together with the New York-based Trump Organization Inc.

“Given the way on the internet gaming is rolling out on a state-by-state basis, we really want to hold our choices open,” Ivanka Trump mentioned in an interview.

Trump could sign a handle 1 of his namesake casinos or a further operator, she said. Trump Taj Mahal has paired with Ultimate Gaming, a part of Station Casinos LLC. On the web gambling in New Jersey may well start this year.

All 12 New Jersey casinos met a June 30 deadline to seek state permission to present betting online, in line with Lisa Spengler, a spokeswoman for the Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Trump’s on the net initiative is complex by the ownership of your New Jersey hotels. Trump Entertainment emerged from bankruptcy in 2010 with Donald Trump as a minority investor and no management part. A licensing agreement signed using the corporation that year left him in handle of his name for on the internet gambling, in line with the agreement.

Brian Cahill, a spokesman for Trump Entertainment, declined to comment.

New Jersey legalized on line betting in February as a strategy to increase the state’s $3 billion casino market. On the internet operators are essential to partner with a casino located inside the state.

The casinos have all identified their prospective on the internet partners to the state and either have agreements in hand or are still in talks, based on Spengler, the state spokeswoman. They’ve to file completed applications by July 29. New Jersey isn’t disclosing the names on the on the net providers.

Ultimate Gaming, owned by Las Vegas-based Station Casinos, said this week it entered into a partnership with all the Trump Taj Mahal. The on line games will be marketed below the Ultimate Gaming brands, the firm said inside a statement.

Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corp. (CZR), the largest operator in Atlantic City with four properties, will supply on-line games with Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings Plc (888) under the Caesars and Globe Series of Poker brands, as outlined by Seth Palansky, a spokesman for the casino company.

MGM Resorts International (MGM) and Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD), which personal Atlantic City’s top-grossing Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, have partnered with Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc (BPTY), also primarily based in Gibraltar.

Those games is going to be marketed with the Borgata and Bwin PartyPoker names, in accordance with Robert Boughner, an executive vice president of Las Vegas-based Boyd, which manages the property.