JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Roar Digital,
LLC – the 50/50 joint venture created by MGM Resorts International
(NYSE: MGM) and GVC Holdings (LSE: GVC) – today launched the BetMGM
online gaming app in the state of New
Jersey. BetMGM is a new customer experience as well as a
rebranding of the online gaming app, PlayMGM, introduced by MGM in
2017.
The product incorporates the new GVC Sportsbook platform, giving
customers a seamless betting and gaming experience, and will be the
core mobile platform utilized for future state rollouts. Not only
can customers play the traditional Casino and Poker Games they've
come to love through MGM, but now sports fans can place an expanded
range of pre-match and in-play bets on professional and collegiate
football, MLB, MLS, NBA and NHL games, among other sporting
events.
"Today's an exciting day as we launch the rebranded and upgraded
BetMGM app in New Jersey," said
Adam Greenblatt, CEO of Roar
Digital, LLC. "We're thrilled to give our customers bigger and
bolder opportunities to enjoy the games and unique experiences that
BetMGM will provide as the professional and collegiate football
seasons get underway. We believe our product takes in-game
entertainment to the next level."
Customers accustomed to unique in-game betting experiences will
undoubtedly be drawn to BetMGM's bold offerings and enhancements
that include:
- Early Cash Out - Players can settle a bet before
the game ends to lock in winnings or cut losses.
- One Wallet System - BetMGM allows for seamless and
unlimited movement of funds within customer accounts from Sports to
Casino to Poker.
- Track Your Bet - Live scoreboards across many of
our customer's favorite sports to track their bets in
real-time.
- Boosted Offers - Daily boosted bets and promotions
across all major sports, including professional and collegiate
football.
- Smoother Transactions - Ability to deposit and
withdraw with ease using any of our payment methods including
PayPal, Play+ and Skrill.
"The mobile gaming industry's future is on a steep incline, and
we are harnessing best-in-class mobile technology from Roar
Digital, powered by GVC," said Scott
Butera, MGM's President of Interactive Gaming. "We expect
this significant upgrade to our mobile experience to complement
MGM's proven retail presence and allow us to immediately compete in
New Jersey and additional states
where mobile gaming is approved."
GVC Holdings CEO, Kenneth
Alexander added, "The combination of the power of MGM's
brand, alongside GVC's state-of-the-art technology and online
sports-betting expertise, will ensure that the BetMGM offering is
at the forefront of the US sport-betting opportunity."
The BetMGM app is available for download in the App Store.
About Roar Digital
Roar Digital LLC is the US sports
betting and online gaming venture, owned by MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) and GVC Holdings Plc (LSE: GVC).
Based in New Jersey, the venture was established in July
2018 to create a world-class sports betting and online gaming
platform in the United
States, in order to take advantage of the new opportunities
created by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the U.S.
federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).
Utilizing GVC's US-licensed, state-of-the-art proprietary
technology platform, Roar Digital offers sports betting and online
gaming via market leading brands including BetMGM and partypoker.
The venture will have exclusive access to MGM's U.S. land-based and
online sports betting, major tournament poker, and online gaming
businesses.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment
company with national and international locations featuring
best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and
conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment
experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and
retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences
through its suite of Las
Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses
30 unique hotel and destination gaming offerings including some of
the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. Expanding
throughout the U.S. and around the world, the company recently
acquired the operations of Empire City Casino in New York and Hard Rock Rocksino in
Ohio, which was rebranded as MGM
Northfield Park. In 2018, MGM Resorts opened MGM Springfield in
Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in
Macau, and the first
Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The 82,000 global employees of MGM
Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of
FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®. For more
information visit us at www.mgmresorts.com.
About GVC Holdings
GVC Holdings PLC is one of the
world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both
online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a
comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports Brands
include bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes and
Sportingbet; Gaming Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala,
Gioco Digitale, PartyCasino and partypoker. The Group owns
proprietary technology across all of its core product verticals and
in addition to its B2C operations provides services to a number of
third-party customers on a B2B basis. GVC acquired Ladbrokes Coral
Group plc on 28 March 2018 and is now
the UK's largest high street bookmaker, with over 3,500 betting
shops. The Group, incorporated in the Isle of Man, is a constituent
of the FTSE 100 index and has licenses in more than 20 countries,
across five continents. For more information
visit www.gvc-plc.com.
Statements in this release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking" statements and "safe harbor statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
that involve risks and/or uncertainties, including those described
in MGM Resorts' public filings with the SEC. MGM Resorts has
based forward-looking statements on management's current
expectations and assumptions and not on historical facts. Examples
of these statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding the future results of BetMGM. Among the important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated in such forward-looking statements include effects of
economic conditions and market conditions in the markets in which
MGM Resorts operates and competition with other destination travel
locations throughout the United States and the world, the
design, timing and costs of expansion projects, risks relating to
international operations, permits, licenses, financings, approvals
and other contingencies in connection with growth in new or
existing jurisdictions and additional risks and uncertainties
described in MGM Resorts' Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K
reports (including all amendments to those reports). In providing
forward-looking statements, MGM Resorts is not undertaking any duty
or obligation to update these statements publicly as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
law. If MGM Resorts updates one or more forward-looking statements,
no inference should be drawn that it will make additional updates
with respect to those other forward-looking statements.
Contacts:
Chris Madigan: ChrisM@bzapr.com,
203.918.1652
Steve Brener: SteveB@bzapr.com,
818.398.8039
Colin Bradley: ColinB@bzapr.com,
860.490.3748
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