Appetize & Pointstreak 5050 Team To Offer App-Based Raffle Capabilities Across Event Landscape

Fans Can Purchase 50/50 Raffle Tickets Through Appetize Powered Team & Venue Apps from Select NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, MLS, NASCAR Events, PGA Tournaments and NCAA Institutions

LOS ANGELES – Appetize, the entertainment Point of Sale company, today announced a partnership with Pointstreak 5050, the leading electronic 50/50 raffle software and hardware system that drives consumer participation in raffle events while providing accountability to the raffle process. Appetize will extend Pointstreak 5050’s capabilities to branded team and venue apps, giving fans the ability to purchase 50/50 raffle tickets with just the click of a button on their smartphones. The raffle prizes, which benefit local charities and worthwhile causes in surrounding communities, are split 50/50 with a lucky fan at each game.  

Pointstreak 5050 currently works with more than 250 clients in North America by providing software and hardware solutions to drive electronic raffle ticket sales through fixed touch-screen terminals, hand-held devices, and now also through any Appetize-enabled branded venue/team apps.  The platform creates an effortless data and payment collection system that provides accountability and eliminates human error. The system electronically captures every transaction while providing updated real-time raffle information to display devices located throughout the venue, including video scoreboards.

Pointstreak and Appetize not only share a partnership, but also an executive and advisor in Peter Luukko.  Luukko, the former President/COO of Comcast-Spectacor, is now Executive Chairman of Pointstreak and sits on the board of Appetize.

“I couldn’t be happier to help bring two great companies together,” said Luukko.  “Appetize is solving issues I have seen for decades in the foodservice and payment space, and Pointstreak continues to grow its portfolio of clients helping charities and giving fans a truly exciting experience.” 

“This Appetize-Pointstreak partnership is a clear win for both groups,” said Kevin Anderson, Appetize Co-founder and Director of Business Development. “We’re all about providing our clients and fans with efficient, convenient payment experiences, and this relationship allows us to do that beyond F&B and merchandise sales. And to be able to help raise money for local charities by extending Pointstreak’s reach to mobile gets us even more excited.

“We are proud to partner with Appetize,” said Scott Secord, Pointstreak’s President/CEO. “We believe this integration is a perfect fit for our 50/50 raffle customers, providing convenience in the purchasing process to allow more fans the opportunity to become part of the action and charitable fundraising initiative on game day.”

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About Appetize


Appetize, the Los Angeles-based Point of Sale company, is serving its modern payment technology to entertainment venues and festivals worldwide.  Launched in April 2012, Appetize works with Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Financial Field, and the Warfield Theatre, and festivals including Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, and Music Midtown.  Appetize redefines the payment process at live events by reducing transaction times and increasing per cap spending.  To learn more about Appetize, visit www.appetizeapp.com.

ABOUT POINTSTREAK 5050

Pointstreak 5050, a division of Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc., is an electronic 50/50 raffle software and hardware system that drives consumer participation in raffle events while providing accountability to the raffle process.  The Pointstreak 5050 system electronically captures every transaction while providing updated real-time raffle information to display devices located throughout the venue. Tickets are sold to fans through fixed touch-screen terminals and mobile devices, creating an effortless data collection system providing faster sales transaction, longer selling periods, accountability and substantial increases in average raffle proceeds. Pointstreak 5050 boasts some of sports' best brands as clients, with partners across the sports landscape including MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, MLS, CFL, NCAA institutions as well as NASCAR events and PGA tournaments.

For more information, visit www.pointstreak5050.com.