ORYX Gaming’s parent company Bragg Gaming Group has announced that founder and interim CEO Adam Arviv has appointed Richard Carter to the role of CEO of Bragg Gaming, effective May 1.
Arviv is a founder of Bragg and remains among the largest shareholders in the company. In early 2020, disappointed with the negative effects of continued underperformance and missteps on the share price of the company, Arviv elected to take on an activist role in the company and petitioned the board to place him in the role of CEO in September 2020.
At this time, the company was trading at approximately C$.30, with a market cap of C$19.5m and carrying $50m of debt. Arviv strategically recruited prominent gaming industry executive Richard Carter as board chair.
Arviv led the negotiations and settlement of the ORYX earn-out and guided the team in the raise of C$58m, including forcing the conversion of all warrants. Now boasting a strong balance sheet with recurring positive cash flow and no debt, Bragg graduated recently from the TSX Venture Exchange to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
“We’ve made significant progress in our strategic goals over the past months and Richard is the ideal person to advance our plans - expanding our current market overseas and aggressively moving into the US market,” said Arviv.
“Richard is a recognised authority in the online sports and casino betting industry, with a proven record helping launch SBTech in the US market, before the successful sale of the company to DraftKings. We’re working together to make the necessary adjustments as we transform Bragg into a major player.”
