PlaySugarHouse Soft Launches Online Sportsbook With the Connecticut Lottery
October 12 2021 - 8:35AM
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Customers Can Register and Place First Bets
Now at www.PlaySugarHouse.com
Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) (“RSI”), a leading online
sports betting and casino company in the United States, today
announced the soft launch of the PlaySugarHouse online sportsbook
in Connecticut. 750 customers across the state can register and
place bets beginning today after 3:00pm ET at
www.PlaySugarHouse.com and experience RSI’s award-winning sports
betting platform, on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Once the 750-player limit is reached, per Connecticut Department
of Consumer Protection regulations, customers who pre-register at
www.PlaySugarHouse.com will be added to a waiting list and notified
as soon as the full launch is authorized, which is expected to
occur as soon as October 19, 2021. Waitlisted customers will
receive an extra free bet once their PlaySugarHouse accounts can be
opened, on top of the $250 first deposit match bonus to which all
new players are entitled.
“We are thrilled to begin the much-anticipated launch of the
PlaySugarHouse online sportsbook with the Connecticut Lottery and
bring our award-winning product to players in Connecticut,” said
Richard Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of RSI. “We are confident
that with our huge volume of betting content, wide range of deposit
and withdrawal methods, real-time cash-out approvals, and
best-in-class customer service, Connecticut players will come to
prefer PlaySugarHouse when wagering on their favorite sports.”
The PlaySugarHouse online sportsbook will offer bettors in
Connecticut a wide array of betting options on professional and
collegiate leagues, games, and players, including spreads,
moneylines, props, futures, same game parlays, and more, all
delivered through an engaging and easy-to-use website and app.
RSI’s mobile sportsbook app was rated #3 out of 35 apps in the
United States market this week by independent gaming research firm
Eilers & Krejcik.
PlaySugarHouse is the official sportsbook partner of the
Connecticut Lottery. In addition to betting from their home
computers and mobile devices, Connecticut players will soon be able
to place bets in-person at one of 15 accessible PlaySugarHouse
retail sportsbooks across the state, including at Bobby V’s
locations in Stamford and Windsor Locks; Sports Haven in New Haven;
and the Winners locations in Hartford, Manchester, Waterbury,
Torrington, New Britain, Milford, and Norwalk, subject to
regulatory approvals.
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, online and/or retail
operations in ten U.S. states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey,
New York, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa and West
Virginia. RSI is also active internationally, offering 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 its soft and full launch of its online products
and services in Connecticut, the timing of its launch of its online
and retail products and services, and the locations of where its
retail sports betting operations will be available. 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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