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Bluberi Closes $55 Million Financing

May
22

Las Vegas, NV, May 22, 2024 — Bluberi Gaming USA, Inc. (“Bluberi” or the “Company”) announced that it closed a $55 million financing facility with Citizens acting as Left Lead Arranger on the transaction.

Bluberi is one of the fastest-growing suppliers of slot machines and gaming content in North America. With a diverse group of employees and studios in Nevada, Texas, New Brunswick, and Québec, the Company serves casino customers across the United States, Canada, and tribal jurisdictions.

Bluberi’s CEO, Andrew Burke, said: “This new financing provides Bluberi with the capital necessary to support the rapid roll-out of our industry-leading content, including Shark’s Lock and Devil’s Lock: All-In, to new customers and new jurisdictions. The Citizens team served as a trusted advisor to Bluberi throughout the process.”

Chris Lynch, Managing Director at Citizens, said: “The Bluberi team is exceptional, and we believe they will continue to disrupt the market with their new and innovative content. We appreciate the opportunity to lead this important transaction for Bluberi and look forward to supporting the Company’s continued growth.”

About Bluberi Gaming USA, Inc.

Bluberi is a product and technology company putting the fun back in casino gaming with a passionate team of industry veterans and rich company history in game development. Focused on best-in-class game quality, Bluberi supplies player-favorite games and hardware to North American Class III, Class II, and Historical Horse Racing (HHR) casinos. To learn more, please visit www.Bluberi.com or visit us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter..

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $220.4 billion in assets as of March 31, 2024. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. Citizens helps its customers reach their potential by listening to them and by understanding their needs in order to offer tailored advice, ideas and solutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens provides an integrated experience that includes mobile and online banking, a full-service customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,300 ATMs and approximately 1,100 branches in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Consumer Banking products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth management and small business offerings. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers a broad complement of financial products and solutions, including lending and leasing, deposit and treasury management services, foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity risk management solutions, as well as loan syndication, corporate finance, merger and acquisition, and debt and equity capital markets capabilities. More information is available at www.citizensbank.com or visit us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.

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Steve Kohon

Chief Operating Officer

Steve Kohon is our Chief Operating Officer. Steve began his tenure at Bluberi as the Vice President of Sales, West, and has since moved to guide the business's Operations, Service, and IT verticals.  Before joining Bluberi in 2021, Steve spent 10+ years in the gaming industry, providing leadership in various roles ranging from Product Manager to Sr. Director of Sales.  When not working, Steve enjoys spending time at his son's karate class and his daughter's dance classes, seeing every rock concert under the sun with his wife, knocking pins down at the bowling alley, and streaming video games.

Mike Brennan

Chief Product Officer

Our Chief Product officer, Mike Brennan, brings 20 years of industry experience leading global product teams and aiding the game development process, having visited gaming properties worldwide focusing on player, operator, and industry needs. Mike leads Bluberi's research and development efforts, which include game studios, engineering, product management, and marketing.  In addition to crafting alliterative phrases like "without data, there's doubt," "quantify the qualitative," and "save it for the sequel," Mike is a slot historian and is responsible for driving forward the company's product strategy and vision.  Mike strives to bring in process as a value, cultivate a culture of creativity, and craft the right framework to help allow the tremendous creative talent at Bluberi to shine.

Casey Whalen

Chief Commercial Officer

Casey Whalen brings 20 years of gaming experience to Bluberi and helps lead our organization as Bluberi's Chief Commercial Officer. As CCO, Casey oversees the day-to-day operations of the Sales, Licensing, Compliance, and Legal/Contracts teams. Before Bluberi, he held multiple leadership positions for two global slot gaming suppliers, which positioned him to support Andrew Burke, our CEO, to transform Bluberi into a best-in-class organization focused on delivering high-quality, top-performing products and services while offering a unique, fun, and employee-focused company culture. Casey is known as the "Bluberi Ambassador", as his love for Bluberi and what the company's core values stand for are apparent in his contagious energy.

Billy Register

Chief Financial Officer

Billy Register is our Chief Financial Officer, with over two decades of experience in finance and private equity. Billy brings a wealth of expertise in leading and growing finance organizations across multiple companies and industries.  He began his career in the emerging private equity market in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles to work in various finance roles across the venture capital and media sectors.  Immediately before joining Bluberi, Billy led the global finance team for a leading content distribution company, which included daily oversight of financial operations, budgeting and forecasting, and strategic mergers and acquisitions.

Andrew Burke

Chief Executive Officer

Leading the charge at Bluberi is Andrew Burke, our Chief Executive Officer. Andrew is an experienced gaming executive who joined the company in January 2020. Before his many leadership roles in gaming, Andrew began his career in private equity as an investor. As our CEO, Andrew is focused on building a high-quality and fun company that emphasizes creating innovative products that are designed with intent and create market disruption and entertainment for the players. Andrew instills the philosophy of pushing the company and himself to be 1% better every day while creating a positive company culture that encourages employees to deliver their best work and have a good time doing it.  Outside of being Bluberi's CEO, Andrew is a family man, first and foremost, with two incredible daughters and a great wife.