Esports Entertainment (GMBL) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

Exhibit 17.1

Warwick Bartlett

Rose Cottage

28 Bowling Green Road

Castletown

Isle of Man

IM9 1EB

British Isles

Friday 4^th March 2022.

Grant Johnson

Chief Executive

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Block 6 Triq Paceville

St Julians

Birkirkara

Malta

Dear Grant

Please accept this letter as notification that I offer my resignation as an independent director of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. and all other positions with the Company to which I have been assigned, regardless of whether I served in such capacity effective as of 4^th March 2022.

I have enjoyed working with the board this last year and I wish GMBL every success going forward.

Yours sincerely,

Warwick W Bartlett