CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.,
May 1, 2020 ROAR Digital, LLC – the
joint venture between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and GVC
Holdings (LSE: GVC) – announced today that they have entered an
exclusive primary skin agreement with Midnight Rose Hotel and
Casino. The agreement allows ROAR Digital to offer online sports
wagering throughout the state of Colorado under the BetMGM
brand.
"We look forward to offering Colorado sports fans the excitement and ease
of betting with BetMGM and working alongside Midnight Rose Hotel
and Casino to provide top class betting experiences in the state of
Colorado," said Adam Greenblatt, CEO of ROAR Digital.
"With a limited sports schedule currently, it's the perfect
time for new customers to learn how to use our feature-rich sports
wagering product, ahead of the return of U.S. sports."
Midnight Rose Hotel and Casino selected ROAR Digital to enter
into an exclusive agreement to offer the ultimate in sports
wagering in the state of Colorado. Larry Hill, CEO of Midnight
Rose Hotel and Casino, said, "We are excited to announce this
exclusive partnership with ROAR Digital to bring world class sports
wagering to Colorado."
Available for download on both iOS and Android, as well as
accessible via desktop, BetMGM uses an exclusive betting engine
that allows sports fans to place bets quickly, safely and with
ease. In addition to Colorado,
BetMGM is currently available in Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New
Jersey, and West Virginia
and along with sports betting also offers an extensive range of
online poker and casino games, where permitted.
For more information on BetMGM, follow @BetMGM on
Twitter.
About ROAR Digital
ROAR Digital LLC is a US sports
betting and online gaming joint venture, created 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 regulated sports betting market
developing in the US. Utilizing GVC's U.S.-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 has exclusive access
to MGM's U.S. land-based and online sports betting, major
tournament poker, and online gaming businesses. For more
information visit www.roardigital.com.
About Midnight Rose Hotel and Casino
Located in the
heart of historic Cripple Creek,
the Midnight Rose Hotel and Casino is one of three Triple Crown
Casinos, which includes the Brass Ass Casino and McGill's Hotel and Casino. Locally owned and
operated since opening in 1992, the properties offer classic
Victorian charm and unmatched guest service. The enterprise
features a wide range of choices, from 900 of the newest and
state-the-art slot and video games to the city's only live poker
room as well as blackjack, roulette and craps. Additionally, the
properties provide four highly-rated dining outlets, offering
casual to high-end dining experiences. Accommodations include 60
well-appointed hotel rooms including several spacious and luxurious
suites.
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
29 unique hotel and destination gaming offerings in the United States and Macau, including some of the most recognizable
resort brands in the industry such as Bellagio, MGM Grand, ARIA and
Park MGM. The Company's 50/50 venture, ROAR Digital LLC, offers
U.S. sports betting and online gaming through market-leading
brands, including BetMGM and partypoker. The Company is currently
pursuing targeted expansion in Asia through the integrated resort opportunity
in Japan. Through its "Focused on
What Matters: Embracing Humanity and Protecting the
Planet" initiative, MGM Resorts commits to creating a more
sustainable future, while striving to make a bigger difference in
the lives of its employees, guests, and in the communities where it
operates. The 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, please visit us
at www.mgmresorts.com. Please also connect with us
@MGMResortsIntl on Twitter as well
as Facebook and Instagram.
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, Neds and
Sportingbet; Games Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala,
Gioco Digitale, partypoker and PartyCasino. 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. The Group has also entered
into a joint-venture with MGM Resorts to capitalise on the
sports-betting and gaming opportunity in the US. The Group,
incorporated in the Isle of Man, is a constituent of the FTSE 250
index and has licenses in more than 20 countries, across five
continents. For more information see the Group's website:
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
ROAR Digital
Elisa Richardson
media@betmgm.com
Midnight Rose Hotel & Casino
Christine Gabaldon
cgabaldon@triplecrowncasinos.com
MGM Resorts
Marc
Jacobson
media@mgmresorts.com
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