Published: Friday, July 22, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
U.S. SCORES ONLINE?
Wireless sports in new Score Runner.com deal
Las Vegas entrepreneur Wayne Alleyn Root signed another gambling deal this week, this one to provide sportsbook fans with email or cellphone access to the latest U.S. scores.
Branded Score Runner, the venture is in partnership with top film producer Warren Zide, who's movie successes have included American Pie and Final Destination. Zide is the founder of the Score Runner concept that empowers sports gamblers to receive scores in real time and as frequently as every two minutes using the convenience of text messaging on cellphones or email.
Users customise their personal scoreboard by choosing the games and teams they want to follow, the delivery method they prefer, and the time interval they wish to receive updates. ScoreRunner also allows subscribers to stop and start their scoring alerts instantly from their cell phone and PDF devices.
Root, who is chairman of the GWIN Corporation and a widely followed TV personality said that
ScoreRunner will give sports fans and gamblers everywhere the edge by giving them the freedom and flexibility to follow scores without being tied down to a television set or computer.
"It's like having your own personalised scoreboard with you wherever you go," he said.
GWIN has agreed to advertise and promote ScoreRunner on its multiple media properties and to its databases of sports gamblers. The agreement also provides ScoreRunner with access to GWIN's database of 250,000 serious sports gamblers.
GWIN will also utilise the ScoreRunner technology to deliver their new "WinnersonDemand" advice services to ScoreRunner subscribers, offering Root's handicapping advice to a significant new audience. GWIN will receive a revenue share and minority ownership of ScoreRunner.