Omer Sattar, Sightline Co-founder, and Co-CEO, said: “A gaming patron’s money should be safe, secure, and should follow that patron effortlessly through their digital and brick & mortar lifecycle. We are confident that a strategic relationship with J.P. Morgan Payments will allow us to deliver a unique mobile user experience for those gaming industry patrons and power the digital transformation for gaming operators.”
Omer Sattar
For his part, Sanjay Saraf, Head of eCommerce and Marketplaces at J.P. Morgan Payments, commented: “We believe that industry-specific contextual software is critical to powering any payments ecosystem to create a unique, engaging consumer experience and also to transform the revenue potential for merchants. This investment serves as one part of a multi-channel payments strategy J.P. Morgan Payments will be launching in the gaming and resort space in the coming months.”
“Maintaining a safe gaming industry is a priority for us, and Sightline has created an impressive software platform highly tailored to the needs of the gaming and resort ecosystem. We are excited to work with Sightline to unlock the digitization potential in enabling highly contextualized payments for the gaming and resort industry,” Saraf added.
Sanjay Saraf
Sightline’s flagship Play+ product enables consumers to safely access gaming and entertainment in nearly every regulated digital gaming company in the United States, the payment solutions provider notes. In 2021, Sightline expanded its Play+ offering to support cashless gaming at casinos with launches at Boyd Gaming and Resorts World Las Vegas.
The Play+ cashless offering enables players to place their funds in a secure account, giving them access to their funds anywhere, anytime while also earning loyalty for all of their spendings, added Sightline. It also enables consumers to use their funds with more than 80 partners in 40+ states across the sports betting, lottery, horse racing, and online and brick-and-mortar casino markets.
NEW: @jpmorgan Payments will serve as the primary payments processor for Sightline’s Play+ ecosystem, enabling consumers to wager with more than 80 partners in over 40 states across the online and brick-and-mortar gaming industry. https://t.co/yucZDM2Rzs pic.twitter.com/dm786eRxrd
— Sightline Payments (@Sightline777) March 24, 2022
Original article: https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2022/10/21/64726-sightline-secures-jp-morgan-investment-to-develop-omnichannel-solution-for-retail-and-online-operators
