theScore Bet Becomes Official Gaming Partner of Golf Canada and its Marquee Golf Championships, the RBC Canadian Open and CP Women’s Open
25 Agosto 2021 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
- Multi-Year Partnership Provides theScore Bet
Exclusive Access to Activate Across Canada’s National Golf
Championships -
Score Media and Gaming Inc. (TSX: SCR; Nasdaq: SCR) (“theScore”
or “the Company”) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Score Digital Sports Ventures (Canada) Inc. (“theScore Bet”), has
entered into a multiyear agreement with Golf Canada to become its
Official Gaming Partner. The exclusive partnership makes theScore
Bet the first ever gaming partner for Golf Canada and its
prestigious National Open Golf Championships - the CP Women’s Open
and the RBC Canadian Open.
The partnership, which begins in 2022, provides theScore Bet
with access to activate across Golf Canada’s high-profile events
and large digital footprint. As an exclusive gaming partner of the
RBC Canadian Open and the CP Women’s Open, theScore Bet will be
able to engage fans through a variety of on-site activations,
including creating members club experiences for theScore Bet users,
as well as digital activations through both tournaments and Golf
Canada’s channels.
Bill C-218, which legalizes single event sports betting, was
proclaimed to come into force on August 27, 2021, with regulated
online iGaming and sports betting offerings from private operators
expected to commence in Ontario later this year. Both the RBC
Canadian Open and CP Women’s Open will be held in Ontario in 2022.
The RBC Canadian Open is scheduled to be held in the Greater
Toronto Area in 2023 and 2024.
“We are thrilled to welcome theScore Bet as Golf Canada’s first
Official Gaming Partner,” said Golf Canada’s Chief Commercial
Officer, John Sibley. “theScore brand is already synonymous with
sports coverage in Canada and we’re enthusiastic about the
opportunity to team up to help build awareness for theScore Bet.
Through Golf Canada’s entertainment properties and channels,
theScore Bet will have direct access to engage with our large
membership of devout Canadian sports fans.”
“We are proud to be Golf Canada’s first ever gaming partner and
align theScore Bet with their organization and Canada’s marquee
professional men’s and women’s golf events,” said Aubrey Levy,
Senior Vice President of Content and Marketing, theScore. “This
partnership provides us with highly engaging access points to
introduce theScore Bet to a broad and endemic audience of golf
fans. With the RBC Canadian Open taking place in Ontario for all
three years and the CP Women’s Open in the province for at least
the coming year, it provides us an amazing foothold to interact
with Canada’s passionate golf community around two of the most
popular golf events in the country.”
The 2022 RBC Canadian Open will be held June 6-12 at St.
George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto with nearby Islington
Golf Club hosting the championship’s practice facility. The 2022 CP
Women’s Open takes place August 22-28 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club
in Ottawa.
In March 2021, theScore Bet was named Official Betting Operator
of the PGA TOUR across the United States and Canada, pending the
enactment of enabling legislation and regulation, and receipt of
all necessary regulatory approvals.
theScore Bet is an immersive and holistic mobile sports betting
platform which includes a wide range of pre-game and in-play
betting across all major sports leagues and events, and a
comprehensive variety of bet types. When paired with theScore’s
flagship mobile app, theScore Bet offers a deeply personalized user
experience and uniquely integrated media and betting ecosystem.
ABOUT SCORE MEDIA AND GAMING INC.
Score Media and Gaming Inc. empowers millions of sports fans
through its digital media and sports betting products. Its media
app ‘theScore’ is one of the most popular in North America,
delivering fans highly personalized live scores, news, stats, and
betting information from their favorite teams, leagues, and
players. The Company’s sports betting app ‘theScore Bet’ delivers
an immersive and holistic mobile sports betting experience and is
currently available to place wagers in New Jersey, Colorado,
Indiana and Iowa. Publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange
(TSX: SCR) and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ:SCR),
theScore also creates and distributes innovative digital content
through its web, social and esports platforms.
ABOUT GOLF CANADA
Golf Canada is the National Sports Federation and governing body
for golf in Canada representing 264,000 golfers and 1,400 member
clubs across the country. A proud member of the Canadian Olympic
Committee, Golf Canada’s mission is to increase Canadian
participation and excellence in golf. By investing in the growth of
the sport and introducing more participants of all ages to the
game, our vision is to be a world leader in golf. For more
information about what Golf Canada is doing to support golf in your
community, visit www.golfcanada.ca.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements made in this news release that relate to future
plans, events or performances are forward-looking statements. Any
statement containing words such as “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”,
“believes”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “expects” or
“intends” and other similar statements which are not historical
facts contained in this news release are forward looking, and these
statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on current
expectations. Such statements reflect theScore’s current views with
respect to future events and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause theScore’s
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements that
may be expressed or implied by such forward looking statements,
including among other things, the enactment of enabling legislation
and regulations in the provinces and territories of Canada to
facilitate online gaming and the enactment of federal legislation
to permit single-event sports wagering (including the timing of
such legislation and regulations being passed and proclaimed in
force (if at all) and the terms and conditions imposed in such
legislation and regulations on participants in the online gaming
industry), the receipt by the Company of all relevant licenses and
approvals and those factors which are discussed under the heading
“Risk Factors” in theScore’s current Annual Information Form, dated
October 28, 2020, as filed with applicable Canadian securities
regulatory authorities and available on SEDAR under theScore’s
profile at www.sedar.com and as filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission and available on EDGAR under theScore’s profile
at www.sec.com, and elsewhere in documents that theScore files from
time to time with such securities regulatory authorities, including
its relevant Management’s Discussion & Analysis of the
financial condition and results of operations of theScore. Should
one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove
incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the
expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements.
theScore does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to
update these forward-looking statements except as required by
applicable law or regulatory requirements.
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MEDIA: Dan Pino Senior Director, Communications Golf
Canada 416-434-5525 dpino@golfcanada.ca Dan Sabreen Director,
Communications Score Media and Gaming Inc. Tel: 917-722-3888 ext.
706 Email: dan.sabreen@thescore.com
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