---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-012118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GMBL"
cik: "0001451448"
company_name: "ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:34:58.594484+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esports Entertainment appoints Jan Jones Blackhurst, former Caesars EVP, to Board

## Summary
- Jan Jones Blackhurst appointed to Board effective May 3, 2022; brings over 20 years of gaming industry experience.
- Blackhurst previously served as EVP of Government Relations & Corporate Responsibility at Caesars Entertainment and as Mayor of Las Vegas.
- Board size expands to seven members; she also joins the Audit Committee.
- Annual director fee of $60,000, payable quarterly, under a new director agreement.
- Company describes appointment as key to expanding iGaming and esports wagering operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-012118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GMBL
- cik: 0001451448
- company_name: ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222012118/0001493152-22-012118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222012118/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-012118
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-012118.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-012118.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Janis Jones Blackhurst was appointed as Director at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 3, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Janis Jones Blackhurst as a member of the Board, (the “Appointment”), effective immediately (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222012118/0001493152-22-012118-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.