Super Group’s Betway Continues New Market Expansion

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U.S. Presence Expands as Betway Goes Live in Fifth State Betway Granted Additional License in Europe Active Pipeline of New Markets Expected to Continue into 2022 NEW YORK, October 20, 2021--(BUSINESS...

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This progress illustrates our focus and execution as we bring Betway, the premier and unified global online sports betting brand, to customers across markets and around the world.\"\nA steady pipeline of additional new markets is expected to flow through this year and into 2022.\nHasson concluded, \"Heading into 2022, we expect the pipeline of new market expansion to be active and to continue both internationally and in the U.S., where the acquisition of DGC provides us access to a group of eleven states. In our core geographies, we continue to thrive with market leading positions, scale and financial flexibility, operating a proven, cash generative business.\"\nAbout SGHC:\nSGHC (Super Group) is the holding company for leading global online sports betting and gaming businesses: Betway, a premier online sports betting brand, and Spin, a multi-brand online casino offering. The group is licensed in 24 jurisdictions, with leading positions in key markets throughout Europe, the Americas and Africa. The group’s successful sports betting and online gaming offerings are underpinned by its scale and leading technology, enabling fast and effective entry into new markets. Its proprietary marketing and data analytics engine empowers it to responsibly provide a unique and personalized customer experience. For more information, visit www.sghc.com.\nAbout Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp.:\nSports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. SEAH is focused on targets in the sports and entertainment sectors as well as the technology and services that are associated with these verticals. Its Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (the \"NYSE\") under the symbol \"SEAH\". SEAH’s management team is led by Eric Grubman and John Collins who each have decades of experience identifying, acquiring, operating and creating value for the owners of leading companies and entities. For more information, visit www.sportsentcorp.com\nAdditional Information and Where to Find It\nThis press release relates to a proposed transaction between Super Group and SEAH. This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Super Group, the combined company or SEAH, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Super Group (SGHC) Limited has filed a registration statement on Form F-4 with the SEC, which includes a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of SEAH, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus. A proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all SEAH shareholders. SEAH also will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of SEAH are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.\nInvestors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by SEAH through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.\nParticipants in Solicitation\nSEAH and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from SEAH’s shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction. A list of the names of the directors and executive officers of SEAH and information regarding their interests in the business combination is set forth in SEAH’s registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-248798) originally filed with the SEC on September 14, 2020. Additional information regarding the interests of such persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the solicitation will be contained in the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus when available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.\nForward-Looking Statements\nThis communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Certain statements made in this press release are \"forward looking statements\" within the meaning of the \"safe harbor\" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such \"forward-looking statements\" with respect to the proposed transaction between Super Group and SEAH include statements regarding the benefits of the transaction and growth of the combined business.\nThese forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial and performance metrics, expectations and timing related to market entries and expansion, projections of market opportunity and growth, potential benefits of the transaction and the potential success of Super Group and SEAH. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words \"believe,\" \"project,\" \"expect,\" \"anticipate,\" \"estimate,\" \"intend,\" \"strategy,\" \"future,\" \"opportunity,\" \"plan,\" \"pipeline,\" \"may,\" \"should,\" \"will,\" \"would,\" \"will be,\" \"will continue,\" \"will likely result,\" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.\nMany factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) the inability of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the proposed business combination, including the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the proposed business combination or that the approval of the shareholders of Super Group or SEAH will not be obtained; (ii) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by SEAH’s business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by SEAH; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, including the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement by the shareholders of SEAH, the satisfaction of the minimum amount in the trust account following redemptions by SEAH’s public shareholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (iv) the lack of a third party valuation in determining whether or not to pursue the proposed transaction; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement; (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Super Group’s business relationships, operating results, and business generally; (vii) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations of Super Group and potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the transaction; (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Super Group, SEAH or the combined company related to the Business Combination Agreement or the proposed transaction; (ix) the ability to maintain the listing of SEAH’s securities on a national securities exchange; (x) the price of SEAH’s securities may be volatile due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and regulated industries in which SEAH plans to operate or Super Group operates, variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting SEAH’s or Super Group’s business, Super Group’s inability to meet or exceed its financial projections and changes in the combined capital structure; (xi) changes in general economic conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; (xii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the proposed transaction, and identify and realize additional opportunities; (xiii) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (xiv) future global, regional or local economic and market conditions affecting the sports betting and gaming industry; (xv) changes in existing laws and regulations, or their interpretation or enforcement, or the regulatory climate with respect to the sports betting and gaming industry; (xvi) the ability of Super Group’s customers to deposit funds in order to participate in Super Group’s gaming products; (xvii) compliance with regulatory requirements in a particular regulated jurisdiction, or Super Group’s ability to successfully obtain a license or permit applied for in a particular regulated jurisdiction, or maintain, renew or expand existing licenses; (xviii) the technological solutions Super Group has in place to block customers in certain jurisdictions, including jurisdictions where Super Group’s business is illegal, or which are sanctioned by countries in which Super Group operates from accessing its offerings; (xix) Super Group’s ability to restrict and manage betting limits at the individual customer level based on individual customer profiles and risk level to the enterprise; (xx) the ability by Super Group’s key executives, certain employees or other individuals related to the business, including significant shareholders, to obtain the necessary licenses or comply with individual regulatory obligations in certain jurisdictions; (xxi) protection or enforcement of Super Group’s intellectual property rights, the confidentiality of its trade secrets and confidential information, or the costs involved in protecting or enforcing Super Group’s intellectual property rights and confidential information; (xxii) compliance with applicable data protection and privacy laws in Super Group’s collection, storage and use, including sharing and international transfers, of personal data; (xxiii) failures, errors, defects or disruptions in Super Group’s information technology and other systems and platforms; (xxiv) Super Group’s ability to develop new products, services, and solutions, bring them to market in a timely manner, and make enhancements to its platform and Super Group’s ability to maintain and grow its market share, including its ability to enter new markets and acquire and retain paying customers; (xxv) the success, including win or hold rates, of existing and future online betting and gaming products; (xxvi) competition within the broader entertainment industry; (xxvii) Super Group’s reliance on strategic relationships with land based casinos, sports teams, event planners, local licensing partners and advertisers; (xxviii) events or media coverage relating to, or the popularity of, online betting and gaming industry; (xxix) trading, liability management and pricing risk related to Super Group’s participation in the sports betting and gaming industry; (xxx) accessibility to the services of banks, credit card issuers and payment processing services providers due to the nature of Super Group’s business; (xxxi) the ability of stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of SEAH’s outstanding shares of common stock; (xxxii) the regulatory approvals related to Super Group’s contemplated acquisition of Digital Gaming Corporation (\"DGC\") and the integration of the DGC business; (xxxiii) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the final prospectus of SEAH for its initial public offering and the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed business combination, including those under \"Risk Factors\" therein, and in SEAH’s other filings with the SEC. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the registration statement on Form F-4 discussed above, the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed or that may be filed by SEAH from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward- looking statements, and Super Group and SEAH assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Neither Super Group nor SEAH gives any assurance that either Super Group or SEAH, or the combined company, will achieve its expectations.\nPRIIPs / Prospectus Regulation / IMPORTANT – EEA AND UK RETAIL INVESTORS\nThe shares of SEAH and the shares to be issued by Super Group in the proposed transaction (collectively, the \"Shares\") are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA or in the UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 (this Regulation together with any implementing measures in any member state, the \"Prospectus Regulation\"). Consequently, no offer of securities to which this announcement relates, is made to any person in any Member State of the EEA which applies the Prospectus Regulation who are not qualified investors for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation, is made in the EEA and no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2014 (as amended the \"PRIIPs Regulation\") for offering or selling the Shares or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or in the United Kingdom will be prepared and therefore offering or selling the Shares or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or in the United Kingdom may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211020005681/en/\nContacts\nInvestor Contacts: ICR Ashley DeSimoneinvestors@sghc.com (646) 677-1827\nMedia Contacts: For Super Group and Sports Media Acquisition Corp:ICR Jason Chudoba / Megan Kivlehan / Matthew ChudobaSuperGroup@icrinc.com","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.2","shortVersion":"4.29.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2176438195"}