Rivalry to Present at ICE London 2024
TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rivalry Corp. (the “Company” or “Rivalry”) (TSXV: RVLY) (OTCQX: RVLCF) (FSE: 9VK), the leading sportsbook and iGaming operator for Millennials and Gen Z, today announced that senior leaders from its product team will present at the ICE London 2024 conference in London, UK on February 8, 2024.
Rivalry’s Director of Product Design, David King, and Senior Manager of Games, Andre Nogueira, will lead a fireside chat titled “Gen Z & Sports Betting: How to Capture, Engage, and Entertain the Next Generation of Fans.” The session will explore how betting products and brands can better engage a digitally native generation of fans, who will soon represent the gambling industry’s core demographic. Attendees will learn how the sports betting industry can adapt its offering to capture a cohort accustomed to real-time, interactive, and engaging products, and why entertainment value is key in retaining this audience.
ICE is a premier global gaming and gambling event servicing games creators, distributors, operators, retailers, innovators, trade associations, strategic bodies and regulators. With more than 500 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors expected to attend the three-day event in London, ICE continues to be recognized as the leading gaming technology event for business growth, development and networking. More details are available at www.icegaming.com.
The Company also announces that, further to its press release dated November 15, 2023, the Company has decided not to close any further tranches of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) of $1,000 principal amount 10% senior secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”). The Company previously issued 14,000 Convertible Debentures for aggregate gross proceeds of $14,000,000 pursuant to the Private Placement.
About Rivalry
Rivalry Corp. wholly owns and operates Rivalry Limited, a leading sport betting and media company offering fully regulated online wagering on esports, traditional sports, and casino for the next generation of fans. Based in Toronto, Rivalry operates a global team in more than 20 countries and growing. Rivalry Limited has held an Isle of Man license since 2018, considered one of the premier online gambling jurisdictions. Rivalry also holds a sports bookmaker license in Australia and an internet gaming registration in Ontario, and is currently in the process of obtaining additional country licenses. Rivalry’s sportsbook is built on a proprietary tech stack and features a variety of originally developed products geared for Millennial and Gen Z fans including Same Game Combos, an esports parlay product, original casino games, and an interactive casino platform, Casino.exe.
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Company Contact:
Steven Salz, Co-founder & CEO
ss@rivalry.com
416-565-4713
Investor Contact:
Oakstrom Advisors
Jeff Codispodi
investors@rivalry.com
Media Contact:
Cody Luongo, PR & Communications
cody@rivalry.com
203-947-1936
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Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management of the Company at the date the statements are made based on information then available to the Company. Various factors and assumptions are applied in drawing conclusions or making the forecasts or projections set out in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to and involve a number of known and unknown, variables, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, which may cause the Company’s actual performance and results to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors, among other things, include regulatory or political change such as changes in applicable laws and regulations; the ability to obtain and maintain required licenses; the esports and sports betting industry being a heavily regulated industry; the complex and evolving regulatory environment for the online gaming and online gambling industry; the success of esports and other betting products are not guaranteed; changes in public perception of the esports and online gambling industry; failure to retain or add customers; the Company having a limited operating history; negative cash flow from operations; operational risks; cybersecurity risks; reliance on management; reliance on third parties and third-party networks; exchange rate risks; risks related to cryptocurrency transactions; risk of intellectual property infringement or invalid claims; the effect of capital market conditions and other factors on capital availability; competition, including from more established or better financed competitors; and general economic, market and business conditions. For additional risks, please see the Company’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2022 and other disclosure documents available on SEDAR+ atwww.sedarplus.ca.
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Source: Rivalry Corp.
