---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-020852"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GMBL"
cik: "0001451448"
company_name: "ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:52:40.846967+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esports Entertainment appoints Robert Soper to board of directors

## Summary
- Robert Soper, 51, appointed to board effective June 6, 2023.
- Soper is CEO and Founder of Sun Gaming & Hospitality LLC; former Mohegan exec.
- He will receive an annual fee of $60,000, payable quarterly.
- No familial relationships or related party transactions with the company.
- Soper brings over 20 years of gaming industry experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-020852
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GMBL
- cik: 0001451448
- company_name: ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223020852/0001493152-23-020852-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223020852/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-020852
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-020852.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-020852.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Soper was appointed as Director at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 6, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Robert Soper as a member of the Board, (the “Appointment”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223020852/0001493152-23-020852-index.htm

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