LAS VEGAS – MGM Resorts recently announced new sports betting options in all of its Las Vegas properties. Likewise, the casino giant has launched BetMGM throughout the state of Nevada.
In partnership with Roar Digital, MGM Resorts’ joint venture with GVC Holdings, the BetMGM launch across the Silver State includes a high-tech betting app, the rebranded sportsbooks across MGM Resort properties, as well as more than 100 gaming kiosks spanning all of MGM’s Las Vegas properties.
“MGM Resorts is a leader in sports betting, with important professional sports league partnerships. We’re excited to expand our market reach by tapping into the world-class mobile technology designed by Roar Digital, and powered by GVC,” remarked Scott Butera, President of Interactive Gaming for MGM Resorts. “We go above and beyond to offer exciting, new amenities at our properties. We know that our sports bettors prize our world-class hotels, entertainment, and restaurants. Finally, BetMGM lets us incorporate sports fans into the ecosystem of all MGM has to offer.”
BetMGM gives bettors in Nevada the option to play from their phones, in person at an MGM sportsbook, or from a gaming kiosk. Both the gaming kiosks and the mobile app are very intuitive. Likewise, navigation is easy, offering the full array of gambling opportunities to be found at the sportsbooks, including pre-game and in-game and bets, prop bets, parlays and more. Furthermore, it’s connected to MGM Resorts’ loyalty program, so with each bet, BetMGM’s players earn points, rewards, and benefits that can be redeemed at MGM’s resorts.
CEO of Roar Digital, Adam Greenblatt, remarked, “We’re proud to formally launch the new BetMGM app in Nevada. MGM Resorts’ iconic hotels and casinos in Las Vegas and GVC’s technology deliver a smooth sports betting experience that’s not only exciting, but also easy to use. This gives BetMGM an edge in a competitive industry.”
BetMGM Sportsbooks and Gaming Kiosks
In the next few weeks, rebranded BetMGM sportsbooks will launch at the ARIA, Bellagio, MGM Grand, The Mirage, Mandalay Bay, Park MGM, Luxor, New York-New York, and Excalibur. Furthermore, all of the hotel/casinos will also have more than 100 of the new gaming kiosks in the sportsbooks, providing fans with easy and fast sports betting.
BetMGM Mobile App
The BetMGM app is currently available for download on both Android and iOS; the new BetMGM mobile app is a rebranding of PlayMGM, which was first introduced in 2017. However, BetMGM mobile sports betting app provides a new customer experience that users are sure to love.
Sports fans will appreciate BetMGM’s seamless gambling experience, allowing bettors to place a wide range of pre-match and in-play bets on both collegiate and professional football, MLS, MLB, NBA, and NHL games, As well as many other sporting events. The app conveniently displays the latest betting odds, multiple betting formats and enhanced offers, from point spread and money line bets to futures and parlays.
After downloading the app, users can speed enrollment with an in-app registration. However, they’ll need to pay an in-person visit to a dedicated BetMGM window at an MGM sportsbook in Las Vegas to activate their account. Finally, BetMGM players need to make a cash deposit and place their first bet. Following the completion of the enrollment process, players are free to place bets on the app from anywhere in Nevada. Also, app users can make deposits and withdrawals right from their mobile device.
BetMGM is now live not only in Nevada, but also in New Jersey, Indiana and West Virginia. As soon as it’s approved, it also launches in Michigan with retail sportsbook wagers at MGM Grand Detroit. Following that launch, a statewide mobile betting app will follow.
MGM Resorts also announced partnerships with Yahoo Sports and Buffalo Wild Wings to expand the reach of the BetMGM brand across the nation.
Important app features:
- All betting options and perks offered by MGM Resorts’ retail sportsbooks are right on your mobile device
- Simple in-app registration to speed the process, as well as dedicated BetMGM windows at MGM Las Vegas sportsbooks, quickly activate your account and make an initial cash deposit
- After account registration and placing the first bet at an MGM sportsbook, all deposits and withdrawals can be made from the app with a debit/credit card via the BetMGM Play pre-paid card or at the sportsbook counter
- Big menu of live, in-game wagering and prop bets. Also, odds change real-time as the games play out
- Betting opportunities 24/7 from anywhere in Nevada. (Remember, you must be 21 years or older to gamble.)
- Clean design and a simple user interface for immediate access to any game and bet type
- Perks and preferred access to MGM Resorts’ properties and amenities nationwide
Responsible Gaming
As MGM Resorts expands its ever-evolving sports betting platforms, educating users on responsible gambling is vital. An industry-leading program, GameSense, has been licensed to MGM Resorts by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. GameSense focuses on positive, proactive and transparent conversations with bettors concerning responsible gambling.
GameSense goes live with personal interactions between app users and trained staff at each MGM property’s M life Rewards desk. As well as speaking to trained GameSense Advisors, players can also use interactive GameSense touchscreens to gain access to educational materials and other resources otherwise found at the M life Rewards Desk. If you feel you have a gambling problem, you can also visit www.mgmresorts.com/gamesense.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International is an S&P 500® worldwide entertainment company with locations across the globe. MGM Resorts properties feature world-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art conference and meeting spaces, fabulous live entertainment experiences, and finally, an all-encompassing array of nightlife, restaurant, and shopping experiences.
MGM Resorts produces immersive experiences throughout its iconic Las Vegas-inspired brands. MGM Resorts’ portfolio included twenty-nine unique hotel and casino offerings including the most recognized resort brands in the world.
Expanding throughout the United States and around the world, MGM Resorts recently acquired the Hard Rock Rock Casino in Ohio, which was renamed MGM Northfield Park, and Empire City Casino in New York. In 2018, MGM Resorts opened COTAI in Macau, MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, and the first Bellagio hotel in Shanghai. MGM Resorts’ 80,000 global employees take pride in their company, which has been recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies®.
About Roar Digital
US sports betting and online gaming venture, Roar Digital LLC, is jointly owned by MGM Resorts International and GVC Holdings Plc. Based in New Jersey, Roar Digital was established in 2018 to design a world-class sports wagering and online gambling platform in the United States. Using GVC’s state-of-the-art, U.S.-licensed, proprietary tech platform, Roar Digital provides online gaming and sports betting for market leaders such as BetMGM and PartyPoker. Furthermore, Roar Digital has exclusive access to both MGM’s U.S. online and land-based sports betting, as well as its major tournament poker, and online gaming.
Some statements in this article are not historical facts, but are “forward-looking” statements and “safe harbor statements.” These fall within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involving uncertainties and risks, including those delineated in MGM Resorts’ public filings with the SEC.
MGM Resorts has based its forward-looking statements on its current assumptions and expectations and not on historical facts. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the rebranded Las Vegas sportsbooks, the release of BetMGM in Nevada, the addition of gaming kiosks, as well as the future launch of BetMGM in other jurisdictions.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in such forward-looking statements include effects of market and economic conditions in the markets in which MGM Resorts operate, as well as competition with other destinations within the United States and throughout the world. Also, the design, costs, and timing of any expansion projects, as well as any risks related to permits, licenses, international operations, finances, approvals and other contingencies in connection to growth in new or existing jurisdictions, as well as additional uncertainties and risks described in MGM Resorts’ Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and Form 8-K reports.
MGM Resorts is not undertaking any obligation or duty to update these statements publicly, by providing forward-looking statements, resulting from new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. If or when MGM Resorts updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be made that the company will make additional updates, respecting those other forward-looking statements.
