Rush Street Interactive (RSI) announced its intentions to get into the online poker market in North America when it acquired the Run It Once (RIO) poker room which was started by Phil Galfond. RSI completed the RIO acquisition successfully in March 2022 and went on to acquire the widely popular Poker Night In America series in August 2022.
US poker players were expecting RSI to launch online poker operations shortly after the company strengthened its poker offerings.
No Plans On When BetRivers Poker Will Go Live
RSI runs the BetRivers brand in North America offering sports betting and iGaming services in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan and Ontario. This gives RSI the opportunity to launch its BetRivers Poker in New Jersey and Michigan where online poker is legal.
RSI recently concluded its 3rd quarter discussions for 2022 but there was no clear mention of the company’s plans to launch online poker. Ontario is currently the biggest online poker market in North America and is still a very new market, making it ideal for BetRivers Poker to launch soon.
RSI confirmed that its present focus was launching sports betting in Ohio and Maryland.