2021 begins with a candy win for a Pittsburgh man who gained the $ 125,000 grand prize at BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com Professional Soccer Decide’em in Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH, January 12, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (“RSI”) (NYSE: RSI) today announced that it is a 37-year-old seller of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniawon the grand prize at BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com Pro Football Pick’em. Jason Schwartz won the guaranteed grand prize of $ 125,000, in the total prize pool of $ 500,000, for picking the largest number of winners at the end of the season in the state’s second annual Vegas-style online pro football selection competition.

Schwartz said he couldn’t believe he actually won the competition and was shocked when he received the call that the grand prize was his.

“I would never have imagined,” said the 37-year-old. “Not even in my wildest dreams. I haven’t slept in two days.”

Schwartz started the season choosing teams on instinct, but when he realized that he actually had a chance of winning, he spent a lot of time researching the teams and looking up various player stats and betting lines. He plans to use the money to pay off some debt and possibly take a vacation this summer.

He attributes the victory to his late grandmother, who was an avid sports bettor. Schwartz said he called her every Sunday to give her betting tips during soccer games. This was his first NFL season without her. “I like to think that she was involved,” said Schwartz. “It’s a bittersweet victory.”

Each week of the NFL season, players selected the winners of the professional football games on Sunday and Monday, and whoever picked the most winners at the end of the season collected the guaranteed ones $ 125,000 Price. In total, the top 500 Pick’em winners were paid out cash prizes at the end of the season, in addition to the top weekly score on each website $ 2,500 every week. The competitor with the most wrong picks also received one $ 2,500 Payout. All in all, $ 500,000 was paid to participants.

After the success of the first Pick’em competition last NFL season, Rush Street Interactive, the provider of digital sports betting and games from Pennsylvania The first two online gaming sites looked forward to yet another rewarding opportunity for NFL fans to demonstrate their professional football knowledge.

“This has certainly been an unusual NFL season and this has been a great way for sports betting fans to get involved and participate in the game action,” he said Mattias Stetz, COO of Rush Street Interactive, which operates BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com. “After seeing its popularity last season, we were thrilled to be able to offer this Pick’em competition again. We love it when our players win huge cash prizes.”

About RSI
Founded in 2012 by gaming industry veterans, RSI is the leader in online casino and sports betting in the United States. The company launched its first online gaming casino website, PlaySugarHouse.com in New Jersey, in September 2016, and was the first gaming company to launch a regulated online gaming site in Pennsylvania. Rush Street Interactive was also the first company to introduce regulated online gaming in the state through its BetRivers.com websites Indiana, Colorado and last Illinois. Rush Street Interactive has been named Digital Operator of the Year 2020 Global Gaming Awards and Casino Operator of the Year 2020 EGR North America Awards and Customer Service Operator of the Year. RSI was a pioneer Latin America and was the first US-based gaming operator to launch a legal and regulated online casino and sportsbook, RushBet.co, in the country of Colombia. More information is available at www.rushstreetinteractive.com.

SOURCE Rush Street Interactive

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