Add Arizona to the growing lists of states where WynnBet will likely offer sports betting. On Friday, Wynn Resorts announced a new partnership with the San Carlos Apache Tribe for access to online sports wagering in the state.

WynnBet will work with the San Carlos Apache Tribal Gaming Enterprise, which runs the tribe & rsquo’s two casinos— the Winkelman Apache Sky Casino and the Santa Carlos Gold Casino. The agreement grants WynnBet entry to obtain a certificate in the state while regulatory approvals and registration requirements are being met.

With state & rsquo, the first tribe-operateur partnership, WynnBet expands into Arizona.

The deal represents the first such partnership between a sportsbook operator and Arizona tribe. It follows an announcement earlier this week of a similar deal between Bally’s and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.

Other partnerships already announced include the Phoenix Suns with FanDuel sports betting, the Arizona Diamondbacks with Caesars Entertainment, and TPC Scottsdale with DraftKings.

Up to 10 licenses are now available for professional sports teams and spaces under the new sports gambling laws. For the state & rsquo, a group of federally recognized tribes, 10 more licenses have been granted in the interim. Both a physical and an online casino may be operated with the help of each certificate.

Arizona is one of many state that recently passed sports betting policy with the intention of implementing it in period for the 2021 NFL regular season, which begins on September 9.

Gov. The amended tribal-state particles were approved by the federal government in May after Doug Ducey signed the bill into law in April. The first set of principles have been created by the Arizona Department of Gaming, and public comments on them were accepted in June. License reviews and issuance are still pending.

most recent in a line of sports-related offers for WynnBet

Six states now have bookmakers from WynnBet:

• Colorado
• Indiana
• Michigan
• New Jersey,
• Tennessee
• Virginia

Arizona is the tenth further state to which WynnBet may now have access.

WynnBet has been occupied forming additional sports-related alliances, such as those with the MLB Cincinnati Reds and the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies and Detroit Pistons. WynnBet runs online sportsbooks for numerous racetracks and is a licensed entertainment operator for NASCAR.

Wynn Resorts announced in May that in order to become publicly traded, Austerlitz Acquisition Corporation I had merged with & nbsp, Vegas Golden Knights & lsquo, owner Bill Foley, and other special purpose acquisition companies. Following the agreement, Wynn Resorts still holds a 58 % majority stake in the business.