Hard Rock Bet launched slot-style games using historical Nascar racing data on its Florida OSB app on Tuesday (28 October).
Hard Rock Bet launched slot-style games using historical Nascar racing data on its Florida sportsbook app on Tuesday (28 October).
Titled “Games powered by Past Motor Races”, the products, which are ostensibly authorised under the Seminole Tribe’s online sports betting monopoly, appear to heavily mimic the style and feel of slot games.
In this sense they are similar to Historical Horse Racing products, offered by some racetracks, in which data from past races is fed into terminals which otherwise look almost identical to traditional slot machines, to satisfy regulatory requirements.
The move, first reported by Casino Reports, comes amid speculation that prediction markets in the US may attempt to use the CFTC-regulated derivatives framework to offer iGaming-style products, which could dramatically increase revenue for the platforms.
Hard Rock Bet’s FAQ now reads: “Games powered by Past Motor Races is a form of sports betting available in Florida where a player wagers on the outcome of real past motor races as authorised by the 2021 Compact with the State of Florida.
“The outcome of those wagers are shown to the player using entertaining video depictions.”
Hard Rock Bet features 21 slots-style games
As of 30 October, there are 21 such games in the Hard Rock Bet lobby, with a minimum bet of $1 – which is the same as the level for more typical sports bets.
Titles include Oink, Oink, Oink, which features a style including three ball-like multi-coloured pigs, similar to the widely imitated Light & Wonder game Three Rich Piggies.
Others titles include Buffalo Blitz and Sahara Riches Megaways Collect’Em.
For each bet, users choose the finishing order of drivers in three past motor races – with the calculation of the player payout based on the accuracy of the guess and how probable the driver’s results were.
Whether the Florida Gaming Control Commission agrees with Hard Rock’s legal interpretation remains to be seen, and the issue could end up in the courts.
Hard Rock Bet’s operator the Seminole Tribe is no stranger to legal confrontations, having fought to preserve its sports betting monopoly against litigation in a case that went all the way to the US Supreme Court.