Rush Street Interactive Expands Latin American Presence as It Opens Two New State-of-Art Offices in Colombia
December 12 2022 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (“RSI”) (NYSE: RSI), a leading
online betting and gaming operator of the RushBet brand in Colombia
and Mexico, has opened two new state-of-the-art offices in Bogota
and Medellin to support RSI’s continued expansion of its Latin
America presence and the growth of the RushBet brand.
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In the heart of Bogota, RSI has opened a new 8,000-square-foot
office to serve as the headquarters for its Latin America
operations team. The office’s cutting-edge design embodies RSI's
culture of innovation and reflects the fun nature of the gaming
industry: a full multimedia wall for watching live sports surrounds
the office space; an actual basketball court functions as the
marketing team’s space; conference rooms are designed like poker
rooms; a production set simulates a stadium; lamps throughout the
building resemble casino cards; and the cafeteria is a replica of
RushBet's sports bars.
In Medellin’s famed El Poblado neighborhood, RSI has expanded
its technology hub to house a team of the area’s top tech talent to
support RSI’s global technology platform. RSI chose Medellin due to
its growing tech talent, which is supported by the local
government’s substantial investment in its "Valle de Software"
initiative to create a software valley by attracting IT businesses
and training students from its best Latin American universities to
become future professionals in IT fields. Moreover, the region has
a solid business base with more than 163,000 companies in different
economic sectors, which provides RSI with a vast network of
partners and suppliers.
Opening these new offices is an important step for RSI as it
continues to execute its development plans in Colombia, Mexico, and
in the future throughout other markets in Latin America.
“We are investing in the region’s future and recognize the
importance of earning the trust and respect of the communities
where we operate,” said Richard Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer
at RSI. “It’s important to have the brightest and strongest local
teams to execute RSI’s ambitious growth strategy.” RSI was the
first U.S.-based online operator to launch in Colombia and has
grown to become one of its top three market leaders. Notably, Rush
Street Interactive has partnered with many of the leading media
companies, banks, retailers, and sports leagues with strong
influences in the region, including recently expanding its
exclusive partnership with LaLiga from only Colombia to now include
all of South America.
“These new state-of-the art offices further exemplify our
innovation and continued investment in Latin America and the future
growth we expect in the region," added Schwartz. “It was important
for us to invest in creating world-class facilities to continue to
attract and retain top industry talent, who play a vital role in
RSI’s ongoing growth in Latin America.”
Link to video of RSI's Bogota Headquarters:
https://youtu.be/7WVdMgwIrOk
About Rush Street Interactive
RSI is a trusted online gaming and sports entertainment company
focused on markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Through its brands, BetRivers, PlaySugarHouse and RushBet, RSI was
an early entrant in many regulated jurisdictions. It currently
offers 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, as well as in the regulated international markets of
Ontario, Canada, Colombia and Mexico. 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 2022 EGR North America Awards Operator of the Year,
Customer Services Operator of the Year and Social Gaming Operator
of the Year, and the 2021 SBC Latinoamérica Awards Sportsbook
Operator of the Year. RSI was the first U.S.-based online casino
and sports betting operator to receive RG Check iGaming
Accreditation from the Responsible Gaming Council. 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 its opening, use and purposes of its two
Colombian offices, growth plans and opportunities and ability to
attract employees. 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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