Lottery.com and Trident Acquisitions Corp. Announce Closing of Business Combination
October 29 2021 - 3:15PM
Lottery.com Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRY, LTRYW) (“Lottery.com” or the
“Company”), a leading technology company that is transforming how,
where and when lottery is played announced today that it has
completed its previously announced business combination with
Trident Acquisitions Corp. (“Trident”). The transaction was
approved at a special meeting of Trident’s stockholders on October
28, 2021. Additionally, Trident stockholders elected to retain
99.6% of Trident’s outstanding stock, resulting in the Company
receiving gross proceeds of over $63 million from the transaction.
Upon the closing, the combined company was
renamed Lottery.com Inc. and its common stock and warrants will
begin trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbols
LTRY and LTRYW, respectively, on Monday, November 1, 2021.
Tony DiMatteo, CEO of Lottery.com commented,
“Today represents a momentous achievement for Lottery.com. I am
grateful to all our stockholders for their continued support and
the entire Lottery.com team for their dedication.”
He continued, “Since we entered our first state,
our convenient online platform has resonated with consumers, which
has driven our strong growth. As a public company with enhanced
access to capital, we plan to continue building on this positive
momentum by leveraging our low customer acquisition cost to further
expand our customer base, broadening our product offerings, and
executing on strategic and synergistic acquisitions. We remain
squarely focused on realizing the profitable growth opportunities
before us and delivering long-term value to our stockholders.”
About Lottery.com
Lottery.com is a leading technology company that
is transforming how, where and when lottery is played. Its engaging
mobile and online platforms enable players and commercial partners
located in the United States and internationally to remotely
purchase legally sanctioned lottery games. Fans and subscribers
look to Lottery.com for compelling, real-time results on more than
800 lottery games from more than 40 countries. Additionally,
through WinTogether.org, Lottery.com is fundamentally changing how
non-profit donors are incentivized to action by gamifying
charitable giving. In all that it does, Lottery.com’s mission
remains the same: an uncompromising passion to innovate, grow a new
demographic of enthusiasts, deliver responsible and trusted
solutions, and promote community and philanthropic initiatives. For
more information, visit http://www.lottery.com.
About Trident Acquisitions
Corp.
Trident was a blank check company formed for the
purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset
acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or
other similar business combination with one or more businesses or
entities. Prior to the closing of the transaction, Trident's
securities were quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: TDAC,
TDACU, and TDACW). For more information, visit
www.tridentacquisitions.com/home.
Important Notice Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that
constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other
than statements of present or historical fact included in this
press release, regarding the company’s future financial
performance, as well as the company’s strategy, future operations,
estimated financial position, estimated revenues and losses,
projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are
forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the
words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,”
“intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” the negative of such
terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking
statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking
statements are based on management’s current expectations and
assumptions about future events and are based on currently
available information as to the outcome and timing of future
events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Lottery.com
disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of
which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press
release. Lottery.com cautions you that these forward-looking
statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of
which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the
control of Lottery.com. In addition, Lottery.com cautions you that
the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are
subject to the following factors: (i) the outcome of any legal
proceedings that may be instituted against Lottery.com; (ii)
Lottery.com’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the
business combination, which may be affected by, among other things,
competition and the ability of Lottery.com to grow and manage
growth profitably following the business combination; (iii) costs
related to the business combination; (iv) risks related to the
rollout of Lottery.com’s business and the timing of expected
business milestones; (v) Lottery.com’s dependence on obtaining and
maintaining lottery retail licenses or consummating partnership
agreements in various markets; (vi) Lottery.com’s ability to
maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting,
including the remediation of identified material weaknesses in
internal control over financial reporting relating to segregation
of duties with respect to, and access controls to, its financial
record keeping system, and Lottery.com’s accounting staffing
levels; (vii) the effects of competition on Lottery.com’s future
business; (viii) risks related to Lottery.com’s dependence on its
intellectual property and the risk that Lottery.com’s technology
could have undetected defects or errors; (ix) changes in applicable
laws or regulations; (x) risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and
its effect directly on Lottery.com and the economy generally; (xi)
risks relating to privacy and data protection laws, privacy or data
breaches, or the loss of data; (xii) the possibility that
Lottery.com may be adversely affected by other economic, business,
and/or competitive factors; (xiii) the ability of Lottery.com to
attract and retain directors of its choosing in the future; and
(xiv) those factors discussed in the proxy statement/prospectus
filed by Lottery.com with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) under the heading “Risk Factors” and the other
documents filed, or to be filed, by Lottery.com with the SEC.
Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this
press release materialize or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results and plans could differ materially from
those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Additional
information concerning these and other factors that may impact the
operations and projections discussed herein can be found in the
reports that Lottery.com has filed and will file from time to time
with the SEC. These SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov.
Lottery.com Contact:
Matthew SchlarbVP, Investor Relations(512)
585-7789ir@lottery.com
Trident Contact:
Vadim KomissarovCEO(646)
229-7549vkomissarov@tridentacquisitions.com
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