Rush Street Interactive’s BetRivers Online Gaming Platform Receives License to Operate in Ontario
March 10 2022 - 8:00AM
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BetRivers Real-Money Casino and Sportsbook
Expected to Go Live in the Province on April 4
BetRivers Free-to-Play Casino and Sportsbook
is Currently Available from BetRivers.ca
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) (“RSI” or the
“Company”), a leading online casino and sports betting company in
the United States, today announced that it has received its iGaming
Operator Registration from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of
Ontario (AGCO). RSI plans to satisfy all remaining regulatory
requirements and launch its award-winning BetRivers online casino
and sportsbook in Ontario on April 4, 2022, the first day online
gaming will be authorized in the province.
“The receipt of our registration in Ontario is an important
milestone that demonstrates our commitment to operating only in
legalized markets where we pay local taxes, and we are grateful for
the trust of the AGCO,” said Richard Schwartz, Chief Executive
Officer of RSI. “We are now one step closer to launching the
BetRivers real-money online casino and sportsbook in Ontario and
bringing our unique betting options, such as our innovative
peer-to-peer slot tournaments or same game parlays, fast payouts,
and award-winning customer service to the province’s millions of
residents. Our free-to-play social gaming platform has experienced
strong traction in Ontario to date, and we look forward to offering
those players similarly entertaining and responsible experiences
when our real-money offerings come April 4.”
RSI is currently live in Ontario with its free-to-play social
gaming platform, CASINO4FUN®, which is accessible from BetRivers.ca
and is powered by the same proprietary technology behind RSI’s
real-money platform. Upon the launch of the BetRivers real-money
online casino and sportsbook in Ontario, Canada will join the
United States and Colombia to become the third country where RSI
operates real-money online gaming. The Company also has access to
the Mexican online casino and sports betting markets through its
partnership with media conglomerate Grupo Multimedios, where it
expects to launch online casino and sports betting in the second
quarter of 2022.
About RSI
RSI is a trusted online gaming and sports entertainment company
focused on regulated markets in the United States and Latin
America. Through its brands, BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com,
RSI was an early entrant in many regulated jurisdictions and is
currently live with real-money mobile and online operations in
thirteen U.S. states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, West
Virginia, Arizona and Louisiana. RSI is also active
internationally, having been recognized as Sportsbook Operator of
the Year at the SBC Latinoamérica Awards 2021, where it offers its
online casino and sportsbook in the regulated gaming market of
Colombia on RushBet.co. RSI offers, through its proprietary online
gaming platform, some of the most popular online casino games and
sports betting options in the United States. Founded in 2012 in
Chicago by gaming industry veterans, RSI was named the 2020 Global
Gaming Awards Digital Operator of the Year and the 2021 EGR North
America Awards Casino Operator of the Year, Customer Services
Operator of the Year and Social Gaming Operator of the Year. RSI is
committed to industry-leading responsible gaming practices and
seeks to provide its customers with the resources and services they
need to play responsibly. For more information, visit
www.rushstreetinteractive.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. RSI's actual results may
differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and
consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking
statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect,"
"estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate,"
"intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes,"
"predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements include, without limitation, RSI's
expectations about the anticipated timing of launch of its
operations in the province of Ontario, Canada and in Mexico and its
anticipated results of its operations and future performance in the
province of Ontario, Canada. These forward-looking statements
involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the
actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most
of these factors are outside RSI's control and are difficult to
predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, without
limitation, changes in applicable laws or regulations,
unanticipated product or service delays, and other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time in RSI's most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K, including those under "Risk Factors"
therein, and in RSI's other filings with the SEC. RSI cautions that
the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. RSI cautions
readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. RSI does not
undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is
based.
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