Canada’s online casino Bet99 has become an official Canadian sports betting partner of the National Hockey League.

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Hockey star Auston Matthews (pictured) is the front man for the site, which will prioritise digital and social media channels.

The company signed a multi-year deal with the NHL to launch a free-to-play game named NHL Preplay for Canadian customers, offering them predictive outcome-based questions.

Players win points for correct predictions with the top scorer in the 2022/23 season winning a CA$100,000 (€69,000) prize.