After months of speculation, Rush Street Interactive (RSI) confirmed that it will “eventually” add online poker to its gaming platform.
The announcement was not idle chit-chat; it accompanied news that the company had completed its acquisition of Poker Night in America – a popular series that features cash games and Sit & Go action and airs nationally on the CBS Sports Network – in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $4.9 million.
CEO Richard Schwartz said Poker Night will complement RSI’s acquisition and onboarding of the Run It Once Poker (RIO) team, for which the Chicago-based company made a separate $5.8 million deal last March.
RSI has been mostly mum on its plans for US online poker since March.