Richmond HBCU and Minority Chamber Organizations
To Receive $175,000 From SI Sportsbook
Donations Fulfill Commitment Promises to Support Local Minority Businesses and HBCUs
WHAT: Sports Illustrated Sportsbook (SI Sportsbook), the latest company to receive
approval from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Lottery to offer
legal online sports betting in the state, will present checks in the following
amounts to the Virginia Hispanic Chamber ($50,000), the Virginia Asian
Chamber of Commerce ($50,000), the Metropolitan Business League
($50,000) and Virginia Union University ($25,000). The donations will total
$175,000.
WHY: As part of its license agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia, SI
Sportsbook and its parent company 888 Holdings, agreed to give back to
minority businesses and historically black colleges and universities. This will
be the first of many future donations in the state.
WHEN/ Thursday, August 25, 2022
WHERE: - Virginia Union University Donation
10 a.m. – VUU Campus, Perkins Center, 1500 Lombardy St.
- Minority Chamber Donations (three recipients)
1 p.m. – Hippodrome Theatre, 528 N 2nd St.
WHO: Speakers will include:
Howard Mittman, president of SI Sportsbook
Sheila Hill-Christian, a co-managing partner in Virtual Entertainment
Partners
Kelly T. Gee, executive director of the Virginia Lottery
Hakim J. Lucas, president of Virginia Union University
Tinh D. Phan, founder and chairman of the Virginia Asian Chamber of
Commerce
Floyd E. Miller II, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Business
League
Michel Zajur, CEO and founder of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber
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Media Inquiries:
Brian Chandler
Commonwealth Public Relations
Phone: (804) 221-9177
Email: bchandler@commonwealth-pr.com