RCS - B90 Holdings PLC - Mark Blandford Appointed as Strategic Adviser

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07/02/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 0699P  B90 Holdings PLC  07 February 2023

For release on Reach: 7 February 2023

 

B90 Holdings plc

 

("B90" or the "Company")

 

Mark Blandford Appointed as Strategic Adviser

 

B90 Holdings (AIM: B90), the online marketing and operating company for the
gaming industry, today announces that it has appointed Mark Blandford as a
strategic adviser to the Company with immediate effect.

 

Mark is senior industry figure and considered by many to be one of the
founders of the developed online gaming industry. Having started his career as
the owner of a traditional 'bricks and mortar' bookmaker's chain for over 15
years, he then recognised the potential of the internet for the industry in
the mid-1990s.  In 1998 he founded Sportingbet.com, and in 2001 floated the
company on AIM.  Mark stepped down from the Board of Sportingbet in 2007
before its eventual sale in 2013 with the assets being split between William
Hill and GVC.  In 2002, he was awarded AIM Entrepreneur of the Year.

 

After stepping down from the board of Sportingbet, Mark has become an active,
successful and widely followed investor in the digital gambling and
entertainment space.  His family investment portfolio now spans over 40
companies across a broad range of sectors, but still with a primary focus on
gaming, support services and data driven scalable tech businesses.  He is a
current non-executive director of Gaming Realms plc (AIM: GMR), the developer
and licensor of mobile focused gaming content.  He also sits as Chairman of
the board of Nasdaq-listed  Gambling.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: GAMB), a
performance marketing company and a leading provider of digital marketing
services active in the global online gambling industry.  Mark serves as
Chairman of the board of directors at FSB Technology (U.K.) Ltd., Double
Diamond Gaming Limited, and Condor Properties.

 

Ronny Breivik, Interim Executive Chairman of B90, commented:

 

"Mark has pioneered the development, financing, and monetising of digital
Pay2Play entertainment companies over the last fifteen years and having worked
with him previously at Sportingbet, I am extremely pleased that he has
invested in B90 and has now agreed to become a strategic adviser to the
Company.  His experience, advice, market insight and knowledge; as well as
his network of contacts, will be invaluable to us as we embark on the next
phase of our growth."

 

Mark Blandford added:

 

"B90 is determined to make more use of the opportunities afforded by its
listing on the AIM market, particularly as it is one of the few stock market
listed online bookmakers and gaming companies on that market at present.  I
look forward to supporting Ronny and his team in identifying and monetizing
these opportunities."

 

-Ends-

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

B90 Holdings plc
               +44 (0)1624 605 764

 

Ronny Breivik, Interim Executive Chairman

Marcel Noordeloos, Chief Financial Officer

 

Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)       +44 (0)20 7409 3494

James Harris / Richard Johnson / Rob Patrick

 

Zeus Capital (Broker)
            +44 (0)20 3829 5000

Louisa Waddell / Tim Dainton

 

Belvedere (Financial PR &
IR)                                   +44
(0)20 3008 6864

John West / Llewellyn Angus

 

 

About B90 Holdings plc

B90 Holdings plc is a group of companies focused on the operation of its own
online Sportsbook and Casino product as well as marketing activities for other
online gaming companies.

 

 

Website: www.b90holdings.com (http://www.b90holdings.com)

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