Interview
NOVOMATIC Americas Scores across North America with NOVOMATIC ActionBook™ Interview Rick Meitzler, CEO NOVOMATIC Americas
THE WORLD OF GAMING: What does the future of Sports Betting in the US look like for NOVO MATIC Americas? Rick Meitzler: Our vision is to provide the best self-service sports betting kiosk in the world. We want to help our partners create the most exciting sports retail destinations possible, using the premium software of their choice. Coming out of the pandemic the sports betting business is booming, and the online acceleration has led to a greater appetite for more states to legalize sports betting. U.S. gambling revenue hit $13.89 billion in the third quarter of 2021, a new industry record, according to data from the American
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Gaming Association, and sports betting is a huge piece of that. Budget shortfalls have many legislations considering approving even more sports betting states. The reality is that the economic fallout has sped up the momentum and accelerated the online, real money gaming business.
Our vision is to provide the best selfservice sports betting kiosk in the world.
Rick Meitzler, CEO NOVOMATIC Americas
An example of the rush to legalize; New York had a multi-million-dollar projected budget shortfall, which caused them to reconsider their position and put online sports betting back on the table. In November, the New York State Gaming Commission recommended nine mobile NY sports betting operators be licensed. Those sportsbooks came