Australian racing and sports activities betting operator BlueBet‘s on-line sportsbook model ClutchBet has now made its U.S. debut in Iowa. The product joins the US sports activities betting panorama time for the brand new soccer season.
Iowans 21 years and older can now obtain the brand new ClutchBet app, or go to ClutchBet.com, to position wagers. The model affords betting on 1000’s {of professional} and collegiate sporting occasions staged each domestically and around the globe, a press release reads.
In a press launch, the corporate stated that ClutchBet – a reputation that champions the favored sporting phrase – is “poised to make a successful play within the Hawkeye State.” The sportsbook is developed on proprietary, in-house know-how, and “guarantees a localized betting expertise with compelling affords, odds, and merchandise.”
The corporate additional defined that ClutchBet incorporates a proprietary know-how that “delivers a superior person expertise”; an inner buying and selling crew providing “distinctive and domestically tailor-made markets”; modern wagering merchandise; and customer support “designed to exceed participant expectations.”
Jake Francis, SVP of Operations in ClutchBet, stated: “Sports activities followers in Iowa deserve a memorable betting expertise and we’re thrilled to make our U.S. debut in a state with an extremely wealthy sporting historical past and a legion of passionate sports activities followers.”
Jake Francis
For his half, ClutchBet’s SVP Advertising, Sean Phinney, added: “The ClutchBet slogan is ‘For the Win’, and with its mixed many years of sports activities betting business expertise, the ClutchBet crew is decided to ship Iowans a successful wagering product.”
New gamers in Iowa can reap the benefits of ClutchBet’s particular launch affords, which embody a risk-free wager of as much as $500; a successful level unfold bets on Iowa and Iowa State to be paid out at odds of +150 all season; and ClutchPicks, a piece of the location providing day by day boosted recreation odds throughout completely different sports activities.
ClutchBet’s launch in Iowa is in partnership with the Q On line casino and its proprietor, the Dubuque Racing Affiliation. The sports activities bar on the Q On line casino will likely be rebranded as a ClutchBet Lounge within the coming weeks, the model famous.
As well as, ClutchBet Lounges are at present featured at the Gary Dolphins Iron Bar in Dubuque, the Leaderboard Sports activities Bar in North Liberty, and the Vine Tavern and Eatery in Iowa Metropolis.
BlueBet first secured its license to function Clutchbet late final month from the state’s Racing and Gaming Fee. ClutchBet was launched earlier this 12 months as a part of BBT’s two-stage capital-light entry technique to launch a B2C enterprise to entry the US market earlier than launching a white-labeled Sportsbook-as-a-Answer providing. With market entry in Colorado, Louisiana and Indiana, BlueBet stated launching in Iowa offered a platform to execute the primary stage of its technique.
BlueBet CEO Invoice Richmond stated BlueBet being formally stay within the US marks a “large second” within the firm’s historical past: “We’re thrilled to deliver our sportsbook to Iowa sports activities followers who we’re assured will reply effectively to our mobile-first on-line providing and differentiated market positioning.”
