Playmaker Announces Acquisition of Brazilian Gaming-Focused Grupo SuperPoker
04 November 2021 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Playmaker Capital Inc. (TSX-V: PMKR) (“Playmaker”), the digital
sports media company that delivers authentic content experiences
through its portfolio of sports media and technology brands, has
announced today the acquisition of leading Brazilian media company
Grupo SuperPoker (“SuperPoker”). SuperPoker provides a suite of
online poker websites, social media pages, and online streaming
services, producing an extensive library of high-quality video and
editorial content for poker fans in Brazil, one of the largest
poker markets in the world. Playmaker’s acquisition of SuperPoker
adds a team of over 15 experienced sales and gaming-related content
experts based in São Paulo, Brazil.
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PLAYMAKER ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF
BRAZILIAN GAMING-FOCUSED GRUPO SUPERPOKER (Graphic: Business
Wire)
SuperPoker is the official Portuguese language streaming
platform for the Brazilian Series of Poker (“BSOP”), European Poker
Tour, Pokerstars Players Championship, World Series of Poker -
Brazil Circuit, and the Pan-American Poker Tour (“PAPT”).
Playmaker’s wholly owned subsidiary, Futbol Sites, with
market-leading audience and business operations throughout the
Latin American region, will manage day-to-day operations of
SuperPoker and its suite of products. SuperPoker generates 15
million annual visits and 1.25 million unique annual users across
its properties, and it is one of the most popular media poker
groups worldwide. Monetization efforts of SuperPoker assets will be
transitioned to Playmaker Bench, Playmaker’s proprietary
monetization technology stack.
“Poker players are sports fans and sports fans are poker
players,” said Jordan Gnat, Playmaker CEO. “Playmaker is building
an ecosystem of engaged fans and this overlap provides our fans
with additional content to enjoy, and provides our betting and
advertising clients with another avenue to reach their target
audiences. Brazil is a key market for us and we will continue to
focus on it.
“I am also thrilled to welcome Igor Trafane [SuperPoker Founder
and CEO] to the Playmaker family,” continued Gnat. “Igor’s
influential presence in the Latin American market is unmatched and
he will be a tremendous complement to our business in the
region.”
Igor Trafane founded SuperPoker and owns several poker and
gambling related assets in Brazil including H2 Club, the BSOP, PAPT
and Flush Tour. He was the founder and the first President of the
Brazilian Poker National Federation, and is the current President
of the Pan-American Poker Confederation. Mr Trafane will continue
to work with the Futbol Sites team to support and grow its presence
in the Brazilian market.
“I am passionate about poker and I am passionate about soccer.
This partnership brings these passions together,” said Mr. Trafane.
“I have known Jordan for many years from his days at Stars Group
and we have strong mutual respect and admiration for each other,
and now this opportunity allows us to work together again as
partners. My business group has more than ten companies, from poker
tournaments to live poker clubs, poker supplies and more. Our media
business needed a strategic relationship for the future. Playmaker
is that partner and I am in for the long run to help grow this
business as a shareholder.”
TRANSACTION DETAILS Pursuant to the terms of a purchase
agreement dated November 3, 2021, Playmaker acquired 100% of Spkr
Midias E Eventos Ltda. and Editora Flop Ltda for an aggregate
consideration of up to US$4.25 million. The purchase price
consideration consisted of a payment of US$1.75 million in cash,
the issuance of US$1.5 million of Playmaker common shares (the
“Playmaker Shares”) at the Canadian dollar equivalent of CAD$0.68
per Playmaker Share and up to a maximum of US$1.0 million in the
form of an earn-out, payable to the sellers upon SuperPoker
achieving certain revenue targets over the two-year period
following closing. In addition, the sellers are eligible to receive
a commission bonus based on sales that exceed US$0.8 million.
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE DISCLAIMER Neither TSX Venture
Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is
defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release may contain
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable
securities legislation, which reflects Playmaker’s current
expectations regarding future events. The words “will”, “expects”,
“anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”, “intends” and similar
expressions are often intended to identify forward-looking
information, although not all forward-looking information contains
these identifying words. Specific forward-looking information
contained in this press release includes, but is not limited to,
statements relating to (i) the benefits expected to result from the
acquisition of SuperPoker by Playmaker, (ii) the future performance
of SuperPoker, including the achievement of certain earn-out
targets and its continued expansion and growth and (iii) other
statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking
information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
Playmaker’s control, which could cause actual results and events to
differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by
such forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic,
business and political conditions. Playmaker undertakes no
obligation to update such forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
expressly required by applicable law.
ABOUT PLAYMAKER Playmaker (TSX-V: PMKR) is a digital
sports media company that lives at the intersection of sports,
betting, media and technology. Playmaker is building a collection
of premier sports media brands, curated to deliver highly engaged
audiences of sports fans to sports betting companies, leagues,
teams and advertisers.
For more information, visit: playmaker.fans or contact Playmaker
Chief Executive Officer Jordan Gnat via email jgnat@playmaker.fans.
To sign up for Playmaker’s Investor Alerts, visit:
playmaker.fans/investors
ABOUT SUPERPOKER SuperPoker is a leading poker-focused
media group in Latin America, operating 15 brands and 12 companies.
SuperPoker Group distributes its content across online websites,
social media, and video streaming.
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