Who owns Golden Nugget Online Casino?

As of 15 Oct 2026: Golden Nugget Online Casino is owned by DraftKings Inc., the Nasdaq-listed US betting company. DraftKings bought Golden Nugget Online Gaming in an all-stock deal that closed on 5 May 2022. The Golden Nugget land casinos were not part of the deal. In Pennsylvania the casino runs under Golden Nugget Online Gaming, LLC.

Ultimate owner	DraftKings Inc. (listed (Nasdaq:DKNG))
Operating company	Golden Nugget Online Gaming, LLC, US
Licences	USA Pennsylvania — PGCB Interactive gaming certificate (d/b/a Golden Nugget Casino)
Products	Casino
Website	goldennuggetcasino.com
Sister casinos	2
Fines and actions	Golden Nugget Online Casino’s own company: 1 · whole DraftKings Inc. group: 14
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	15 Oct 2026

In numbers

DraftKings Inc. owns 3 casino and betting brands (5 websites) in our data.
14 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2022, about €247,000 in total (converted to euros).
DraftKings Inc. has owned Golden Nugget Online Casino since 2022-05.

Who is behind it

Only the online business was sold to DraftKings. The Golden Nugget land casinos stayed with Fertitta. DraftKings, founded in 2012 and based in Boston, also runs its own casino and sportsbook.

In New Jersey the online casino permit is held by Golden Nugget Atlantic City, LLC (NJIGP 26-002).

Licence and what it means for you

Golden Nugget Online Gaming, LLC holds a Pennsylvania interactive gaming certificate under the trade name Golden Nugget Casino. In New Jersey our data notes a separate permit, NJIGP 26-002, held by Golden Nugget Atlantic City, LLC. goldennuggetcasino.com also serves Michigan and West Virginia, with Canadian listings in Ontario and Alberta. Your protection comes from the regulator where you play, and only that regulator handles your complaint.

Licence records

Regulator	Type	Valid	Check it
USA Pennsylvania — PGCB Interactive gaming certificate (d/b/a Golden Nugget Casino)	—	active	register

What each licence means, and self-exclusion

What a Pennsylvania licence means

Sister sites

DraftKings Casino is the closest sister: the same owner's main casino, which also adds poker and sports betting. Jackpocket is a lottery courier, a different product. Our data counts 2 sister brands. Golden Nugget and DraftKings Casino hold separate Pennsylvania licences, so a self-exclusion at one may not reach the other.

2 sister casinos

Same owner often means the same terms, the same support team and the same payout rules. A self-exclusion at one brand may not cover its sister sites.

Does self-exclusion at Golden Nugget Online Casino cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

Fines and regulator actions

Our data lists 14 actions against DraftKings companies. One concerns Golden Nugget Online Gaming itself: in May 2025 Michigan's board approved a violation notice, but the minutes give no facts or amount. Across the group, New Jersey fined DraftKings $100,000 in June 2024 for inaccurate sports wagering financial filings, and Ontario's AGCO fined a DraftKings company CAD 100,000 in 2022 over boosted-odds ads.

All 14 fines and regulator actions, with sources

1 of these 14 concerns Golden Nugget Online Casino’s own company; the others concern other companies of the DraftKings Inc. group. The company column names who was fined.

Fines from the 40 regulators, prosecutors and courts we track, online gambling only; fines against land-based casinos are out of scope. How we count fines.

Date	Company	Regulator / court	Amount	Reason
2026-06-18	Crown MA Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings	USA Massachusetts — Gaming Commission	USD 7,500	Civil administrative penalty for Sports Wagering Catalog noncompliance. Listed on the Commission's noncompliance enforcement page (https://massgaming.com/regulations/noncompliance-enforcement-actions/). source
2026-05-12	Crown MI Gaming LLC d/b/a DraftKings	USA Michigan — MGCB	—	Board approved an Acknowledgment of Violation against this internet gaming/sports betting supplier licensee; the minutes do not state the facts or the fine amount. source
2026-03-31	DraftKings (Crown NJ Gaming)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 7,500	DGE Director's ruling (summary for mar16-31 2026): civil penalty of $7,500 against DraftKings pursuant to an Action in Lieu of Complaint for violation of sports wagering rules source
2026-03-12	Crown MA Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings	USA Massachusetts — Gaming Commission	USD 6,500	Civil administrative penalty for Sports Wagering Catalog noncompliance (college player prop). Listed on the Commission's noncompliance enforcement page (https://massgaming.com/regulations/noncompliance-enforcement-actions/). source
2026-03-12	Crown MA Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings	USA Massachusetts — Gaming Commission	USD 10,000	Civil administrative penalty for Sports Wagering Catalog noncompliance (college basketball). Listed on the Commission's noncompliance enforcement page (https://massgaming.com/regulations/noncompliance-enforcement-actions/). source
2025-11-30	DraftKings (Crown NJ Gaming)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 32,500	DGE Director's ruling (summary for nov16-30 2025): civil penalty of $32,500 on DraftKings for violations of multiple rules regarding sports wagering source
2025-08-12	Crown MI Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings	USA Michigan — MGCB	—	Board approved an Acknowledgment of Violation against this internet gaming/sports betting supplier licensee; the minutes do not state the facts or the fine amount. source
2025-06-10	Crown MI Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings	USA Michigan — MGCB	—	Board approved an Acknowledgment of Violation against this internet gaming/sports betting supplier licensee; the minutes do not state the facts or the fine amount. source
2025-05-13	Golden Nugget Online Gaming LLC	USA Michigan — MGCB	—	Board approved an Acknowledgment of Violation against this internet gaming/sports betting supplier licensee; the minutes do not state the facts or the fine amount. source
2025-04-30	DraftKings (Crown NJ Gaming)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 2,000	DGE Director's ruling (summary for apr16-30 2025): civil penalty of $2,000 against DraftKings via a Notice of Violation for violation of sports wagering rules source
2024-12-15	DraftKings (Crown NJ Gaming)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 20,000	DGE Director's ruling (summary for dec1-15 2024): $20,000 civil penalty on DraftKings for permitting wagering on unapproved and prohibited events source
2024-06-30	DraftKings (Crown NJ Gaming)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 100,000	DGE Director's ruling (summary for jun16-30 2024): civil penalty of $100,000 against DraftKings pursuant to an Action in lieu of Complaint for filing inaccurate financial information with regard to sports wagering source
2024-03-20	Crown PA DFS, Inc. d/b/a DraftKings	USA Pennsylvania — PGCB	USD 10,000	Consent agreement: let PA players access 'Reignmakers' fantasy contests after the Board ordered them blocked. source
2022-06-30	Crown DK CAN Ltd.	AGCO (Ontario)	CAD 100,000	Order of monetary penalty for widely broadcast 'boosted odds' inducement ads in May 2022. source

About DraftKings Inc.

Boston-based sportsbook, online casino and daily fantasy operator, one of the two largest US online betting brands. It bought Golden Nugget Online Gaming in May 2022 (online business only, not the land casinos) and the lottery courier Jackpocket in May 2024.

Headquarters: US · Founded: 2012 · Ownership: listed (Nasdaq:DKNG)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Bought by DraftKings in an all-stock deal that closed May 5 2022; Golden Nugget land casinos stayed with Fertitta. NJ permit is held by Golden Nugget Atlantic City, LLC (NJIGP 26-002).

We have no company registration number for Golden Nugget Online Gaming, LLC.

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