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for total handle next year. Just not at the heights reached in 2022. PlayNY, an online gaming, sports betting, lottery and casino news provider, projects the state next year to have a $13. 9 billion handle, with $1. 04 billion in gross gaming revenue, creating $530. 9 million in state tax revenue. So far, this year, the state has seen $16. 1 billion in handle, generating $626 million in tax revenue. That includes posting $8 billion through October. The $13. 9 billion in estimated handle ranks first among sports betting projections for next year by almost $4 billion, with Illinois coming in next at $9. 9 billion, and then New Jersey ($9. 8 billion) and Nevada ($8.
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Since ice rinks were closed, Keeler, who graduated from St. John Fisher College with a business degree, had to be creative in developing and testing the product. He put the material used for Skate Skins in his freezer and underwater in his bathtub to test their durability. “I had this drive to come up with a product that could be customizable for all players and easy to install, remove and reapply, ” he said.
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Buffalo Next: Skate Skins bringing creativity to hockey gear and apparelBY MIKE PETRODec. 29, 2022After being laid off at graphic design business, Keeler uses opportunity to pursue Just DishinHockey is not exactly a sport that typically puts creative expression on display. That’s where Matthew Keeler is trying to make some headway with his Buffalo-based, hockey-focused fashion and merchandise brand, Just Dishin.
Keeler has worked on manufacturing items for Buffalo Bills’ Dion Dawkins, Josh Allen and Khalil Shakir. “Our brand is something that operates different every day, and we’re slowly starting to break out into everyday sport and fashion, ” he said. Matthew Keeler, right, and Nick Ciavarella stand for a portrait at Just Dishin in Buffalo. The shop at 712 Main St. features a retail area, production rooms and offices – a far cry from working out of Keeler’s apartment. Having the store has allowed Keeler and Ciavarella to expand some for their retail offerings and product drops.
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Keeler has been looking to bring a new element of creativity to the sport with customized equipment and apparel and by building relationships with some of hockey’s biggest stars. Keeler said he’s modeling his business with elements from some of the more forward-thinking leagues, like the NBA and NFL, and using his most popular selling product – Skate Skins, skate fashion for athletes – to change the way hockey is perceived. Matthew Keeler, owner of Just Dishin, displays a skate with a customized Sabres-themed Skate Skin. The company has 26, 000 followers on Instagram, relationships across the NHL and a growing market for Skate Skins, which they also make for college, high school and juniors programs.
Hockey skates with Skate Skins on display at Just Dishin in Buffalo. More recently, he designed throwback Sabres Goathead Skate Skins that Dahlin plans to wear as an ode to the teams of the ’90s and early-2000s. These Skate Skins also feature photos of former Sabres icons Chris Drury, Daniel Briere and Dominik Hasek. Skate Skins can be worn in most leagues during games, but not in the NHL. Keeler is hoping to get that changed. He has also been creating relationships in other sports – breaking Just Dishin out of just being a hockey brand – and growing the company’s player portfolio.
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Down the line, the location will also host watch parties, autograph signings and live podcasts. “It allows our brand to have a front-facing value and visual aspect so people can come in and see what we’re doing, ” Keeler said. “For us to bring in players and allow them to see where we do everything by hand and the large printer we use, it’s pretty eye opening for them. ”Big New York sports betting numbers being projected for 2023After a record-breaking first year for New York’s sports betting industry, the state is once again projected to be on top in the U. S.
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He’s now working with players in the NHL, as well as the Buffalo Beauts. The first Skate Skins were made last season for Phoenix Coyotes’ Loui Eriksson to commemorate his 1, 000th game in the league. Apparel available for sale at Just Dishin in Buffalo. A few nights later, Skate Skins made to commemorate the final call for longtime Buffalo Sabres’ announcer Rick Jeanneret were worn by star defenseman Rasmus Dahlin. Keeler has also worked with the likes of Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller and the Las Vegas Golden Knights' Jack Eichel. His product can be seen on the studio backdrop of ESPN hockey show "The Point, " as well.
“We’re working with players looking to just break out of this traditionalist norm that the game might feel stuck in, at times, ” said Keeler, who, along with business partner Nick Ciavarella, went full time with Just Dishin in April 2020 and then opened a Buffalo storefront in October. It took being laid off from his position with a local graphic design company at the outset of the pandemic to spark him into moving forward with a business originally created in 2012. Skate Skins at Just Dishin in Buffalo. Libby March/Buffalo News Skate Skins, graphics that can be applied to the side of a skate and pulled on and off, was invented during the Covid-19 pandemic after Keeler went full time with Just Dishin in April 2020.
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