Mohegan Sun Pocono in Pennsylvania will launch retail and online sports books under an agreement with Swedish sports betting supplier and operator Kindred Group.
Kindred Group (previously Unibet Group) has signed a strategic partnership with Mohegan Sun Pocono, covering online and offline sports betting and online gaming in Pennsylvania. Kindred will offer customers an online sports book and casino experience under the Unibet brand, as well as a Unibet sports betting lounge at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
The initial phase of the strategic partnership covers five years with the possibility to extend the collaboration for two additional five-year terms.
“We’ve aligned with one of the best online casino and sport book operators in online regulated markets, which will allow us to offer best-in-class experience to our existing customers as well as attracting new ones,” said Aviram Alroy, vice president of interactive gaming at Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment. “Introduction of the Kindred offering to the market is a great positive for Mohegan Sun as well as the state of Pennsylvania.”
“We are excited and proud to extend our U.S. footprint into one of the largest U.S. states to regulate both online sports betting and casino,” said Manuel Stan, senior ice president of Kindred U.S. “Finding a strong partner who shares Kindred’s dedication to customer experience and values has been critical, and I am delighted that we have found just that in Mohegan Sun Pocono. I am confident that Kindred and Mohegan Sun Pocono will offer customers in Pennsylvania a truly great online sports betting and casino experience.”
Pennsylvania will be the second state that Kindred Group has entered, following its entrance in New Jersey. The partnership with Mohegan Sun Pocono is part of Kindred’s process to secure regulatory approval in Pennsylvania.
An opening date for the sports book at Mohegan has not been announced, and the partners still have to pay the required state license fee. It also was not immediately known whether jobs will be added locally as part of the project.
“We, along with Kindred, are working with the (state) regulator and are planning to launch when we’re confident that we’ll have a strong offering in the market,” Aviram Alroy, vice president of interactive gaming at Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, said in comments emailed to the Pocono Times Leader.
