CHICAGO, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Rush Street
Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI"), a Chicago based gaming and betting company, is
proud to announce the signing of James
Blake, whose career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, to
an exclusive brand and content deal with BetRivers.com.
Blake, a native of New York and
later Fairfield, Connecticut, was
known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand, won ten singles
and seven doubles titles during his illustrious 14-year
professional career (1999-2013). After defeating then
no. 1-ranked Roger Federer, he
placed fourth at the 2008 Olympics. Blake was part of the
2007 victorious U.S. Davis Cup team and also played in the
quarterfinals of the New York open
in both 2005 and 2006.
He now joins the winning team of RSI, one of the fastest-growing
publicly traded online casino and sports betting gaming companies
in the United States, as part of
the BetRivers.com "Bet with a Winner" campaign. As an
RSI brand ambassador and exclusive sports betting endorser, Blake
will be engaged in great upcoming promotions and events on
BetRivers platforms.
"RSI is proud to partner with a tennis great, a New York Times best selling author, and
the 2008 recipient of the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the
Year award," said Richard
Schwartz, CEO of RSI, which operates BetRivers.com and
PlaySugarHouse.com. "When we add someone of the caliber of
James Blake, a respected and
authentic voice in the sport of tennis, to our roster of
professional sports ambassadors, it shows our commitment to offer
bettors the best in sports betting insights and analysis."
Starting with the U.S. Open, which commences today, Blake
will provide his experienced perspective with BetRivers users on
@BetRivers social media, additional digital and traditional media
platforms.
"This year's U.S. Open will be especially exciting as I can't
wait to offer my analysis to BetRivers bettors," said James Blake. "RSI expressed to me how
important it is for them to develop honest and transparent
relationships with their players and I look forward to sharing my
experience to assist tennis fans in making intelligent and informed
betting decisions."
Blake is also currently a contributing analyst for the Tennis
Channel and Tennis on ESPN and has done commentary for CNN and
NBC. His memoir, Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and
Won Back My Life, was a New York Times Best Seller.
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 arrangement with James Blake, what RSI's anticipated offerings
and benefits arising from that arrangement will include and its
future performance with respect to that arrangement. 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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