• Backstageplay (BP) has appointed Mr. Simon Collins to the position of Executive Chairman
  • Simon, a well-known pioneer of the online gaming sector in the United Kingdom, has represented some of the UK’s most respected brands
  • Mr. Collins has been granted options to purchase up to 300,000 common shares in the company
  • Backstageplay, Inc. is an online and mobile entertainment and marketing company
  • Backstageplay Inc. (BP) opened trading at C$0.115 per share

Backstageplay (BP) has appointed Mr. Simon Collins to the position of Executive Chairman of its board of directors, effective immediately.

Simon is a well-known pioneer of the online gaming sector in the United Kingdom and has founded a number of successful gaming organizations.

As a senior executive with more than two decades of experience building new online, skill-based and social gaming ventures, Simon has represented some of the UK’s most respected brands which include Sun Bingo, Sun Vegas, Sun Racing, and the UK’s largest commercial fantasy football league, Dream Team.

“We are absolutely delighted to have Simon join us as a director and our Executive Chairman of Backstageplay as we seek to review new business opportunities in the social, skill and iGaming markets,” said Scott White Backstageplay’s CEO.

“Simon brings substantial knowledge and connectivity to and throughout the iGaming industries in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and abroad. We are very lucky to have access to his expertise and contacts, as we roll out Backstageplay’s next steps in the fall of 2021 and beyond”.

“We have been working with the team at Backstageplay for several months now, discussing new ideas, directions and opportunities within the various iGaming markets” commented Simon Collins.

“As we continue to work together and advance these new opportunities, I am excited to be involved and help create shareholder value through skill-based and iGaming synergies amongst our contact base”.

The company has granted stock options to Mr. Collins, to purchase up to 300,000 common shares exercisable up to and including July 13, 2026, at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. 

Backstageplay, Inc. is an online and mobile entertainment and marketing company, engaged in the business of social gaming and retention software and services.

Backstageplay Inc. (BP) opened trading at C$0.115 per share.

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