GRAND RONDE, Ore., June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ROAR Digital,
LLC – the joint venture between MGM Resorts International (NYSE:
MGM) and GVC Holdings (LSE: GVC) – and the Confederate Tribes of
Grand Ronde, announced today a
long-term partnership. ROAR Digital will be the Tribes' exclusive
sports betting partner.
ROAR Digital will open a BetMGM Sportsbook at Spirit Mountain
Casino this year. Spirit Mountain Casino is the largest casino in
Oregon. Along with retail sports
betting, ROAR Digital will roll out an on-reservation mobile sports
betting app, as well as an eventual state-wide online sports
betting offering, as it becomes available to the Tribe, pending
regulatory approval.
"We have found a great partner in the Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde and Spirit Mountain
Casino and look forward to working with the Tribe to bring a
leading retail and online sports betting experience to Oregon," said Adam Greenblatt, CEO of ROAR Digital.
"This joint venture between two of the gaming industry's most
recognizable brands will bring a world class sports betting
offering to Oregon," said
Stan Dillon, General Manager, Spirit
Mountain Casino. "We're excited to launch this partnership with
BetMGM, which will allow us to extend our established position as
the Northwest's premier entertainment destination."
With thirteen BetMGM Sportsbooks across Nevada, Mississippi, Michigan and New
Jersey, as well as a mobile sports betting app, BetMGM uses
an exclusive betting engine that allows sports fans to place bets
quickly, safely and with ease. BetMGM 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 Spirit Mountain
As the Northwest's premier
entertainment destination, Spirit Mountain Casino is now
Oregon's largest casino and top
regional attraction with a variety of popular table games, nearly
2,000 slot machines, keno and poker. Spirit Mountain Casino offers
the latest and greatest slot machines, with hundreds of new games
arriving throughout the year. A newly-remodeled lodge
offers 254 spacious rooms including luxurious suites, guests
can make a day trip of it or book a room and enjoy the amazing
views in comfort and style. The 1,900-seat, state-of-the-art event
center features new and exciting world-class entertainment as well
as a variety of fairs and room set ups for conventions. The casino
also offers a free RV parking lot conveniently located to a main
entrance of the casino. There are also a wide variety of dining
options to choose from. With over five dining establishments,
guests can enjoy a delicious sit-down, upscale dining experience or
a "Grab & Go" quick bite. Go
to spiritmountain.com for more information about Spirit
Mountain Casino.
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
Spirit Mountain
Shawna
Ridgebear
shawna.ridgebear@spiritmtn.com
MGM Resorts
Marc
Jacobson
media@mgmresorts.com
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