LAS VEGAS, Sept. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific
Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) ("Scientific Games" or the
"Company") launched mobile online sports betting with Caesars
Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR) in New
Jersey yesterday to coincide with the start of the
professional football season. The launch allows Caesars customers
in the state to place bets on their mobile devices and expands
Caesars' turnkey sportsbook betting from in-venue to online via
mobile and desktop. Caesars is now taking mobile sports bets via
The Caesars Casino & Sports app, powered by Scientific Games,
which offers a seamless experience for the player in a single
app.
This launch showcases the power of Scientific Games' partnership
with Caesars, one of the most diversified gaming and entertainment
companies. The two companies now have the unmatched ability to
provide a full-service offering to bettors that includes the
sportsbook platform, player account technology, and highly engaging
customer touchpoints across in-venue screen solutions, point of
sale terminals and the digital portal. Scientific Games'
OpenBet® technology provides Caesars' players with intuitive
and sleek solutions, enhancing the sports betting experience both
in property and online.
Keith O'Loughlin, SVP Sportsbook
for SG Digital, said, "We're thrilled that Caesars mobile sports
betting is live in New Jersey,
enabling players to bet on their favorite sports teams today. We're
very proud of delivering a quality mobile betting platform, which
truly rounds out Caesars' sportsbook experience, and the speed with
which we were able to launch this offering in this exciting new
market. We're also proud of our Caesars partnership and their
activation of a turnkey sports betting solution players will
enjoy."
The Caesars Casino & Sports app is available through the App
Store and on Caesars website for Android users. Caesars'
mobile sports betting offering is integrated with Total Rewards.
Tri-state area gaming customers can access the mobile application
in the state of New Jersey. Wagers can be placed in the app
via VISA, MasterCard, Paypal and select other forms of payment.
In addition to providing its OpenBet® platform for
Caesars' resorts in New Jersey,
Caesars Entertainment also launched sports betting at its
Mississippi properties, Horseshoe
Tunica Hotel & Casino and Harrah's Gulf Coast Hotel &
Casino, in August.
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Reserved.
About Scientific Games
Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) is the global leader
in technology-based gaming systems, table games, table products and
instant games and a leader in products, services and content for
gaming, lottery and interactive gaming markets. Scientific Games
delivers what customers and players value most: trusted security,
creative content, operating efficiencies and innovative technology.
Today, we offer customers a fully integrated portfolio of
technology platforms, robust systems, engaging content and
unrivalled professional services. For more information, please
visit www.scientificgames.com.
Company Contacts:
Investor
Relations:
Scientific Games: Michael
Quartieri +1 702-532-7658
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael.Quartieri@scientificgames.com
Media
Relations:
Scientific Games: Susan Cartwright +1 702-532-7981
VP, Corporate Communications
susan.cartwright@scientificgames.com
Forward-Looking Statements
In this press release, Scientific Games makes "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be
identified by words such as "will," "may," and "should." These
statements are based upon management's current expectations,
assumptions and estimates and are not guarantees of timing, future
results or performance. Therefore, you should not rely on any of
these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.
Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated in
these statements due to a variety of risks and uncertainties and
other factors, including those factors described in our filings
with the SEC, including the Company's current reports on Form 8-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its latest annual report on Form
10-K filed with the SEC on March 3,
2017 (including under the headings "Forward Looking
Statements" and "Risk Factors"). Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made and, except for Scientific Games'
ongoing obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws,
Scientific Games undertakes no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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