Overview

• All live-dealer poker, blackjack, roulette and craps tables at the Golden Gate will be replaced with fully electronic gaming machines.
• Affected table-games staff are being offered transfers to Circa, The D or other roles within Derek Stevens’s casino portfolio.
• Stevens said younger customers increasingly prefer electronic play, driving the decision to modernize the 118-year-old property.
• The owner cited reduced labor costs and lower expenses for cards, chips and dice as key operational benefits of the switch.
• Analysts view the Golden Gate’s full-dealer removal as an uncommon move that could foreshadow broader industry shifts toward digital gaming.