CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rush Street
Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI"), a Chicago based gaming and betting company, is
proud to announce the signing of former professional baseball
manager and player Bobby
Valentine.
Valentine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from
decades in professional and collegiate sports to the exclusive
brand and content deal with
BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com.
Bobby is a former Major League Baseball player for the Los
Angeles Dodgers, California Angeles, New York Mets, and Seattle
Mariners. His managerial career includes the Texas Rangers,
the New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox and the championship team he
led for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Valentine has
extensive experience as an analyst and announcer for ESPN's Sunday
Night Baseball, NBC Sports, and as a regular contributor to MLB on
Sirius. Valentine also spent eight years as the Executive
Director of Athletics for Sacred Heart
University, and was a three-time All State football player
in Connecticut.
Valentine will provide exclusive network and social media
content for BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com. He will partake
in a weekly Major League Baseball video, as well as podcast,
television, and radio interviews.
"I'm excited to be joining the BetRivers team at an exciting
moment in the evolution of sports betting," said Valentine. "This
partnership will allow us to share my passion for competitive
sports while at the same time providing valuable commentary to
fans."
Valentine adds he's especially excited to be interacting with
RSI's sports betting fans in his home state of Connecticut where RSI launched retail and
online sportsbooks in October
2021.
"We are thrilled to have Bobby
Valentine, whose career spans six decades, join our
BetRivers family of Brand Ambassadors," said Richard Schwartz, CEO of RSI, which
operates BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com.
"His vast knowledge and valuable MLB insights will be a tremendous
asset to our sports bettors."
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 twelve U.S. states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, New
Jersey, New York,
Connecticut, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, West
Virginia and Arizona. RSI
is also active internationally, having been recognized as
Sportsbook Operator of the Year at the SBC Latinoamérica Awards
2021, where it offers 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
Bobby Valentine, 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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