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Tony Bloom
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Sourced · read 16 August 2026
Biography
Anthony Grant Bloom is an English sports gambler, entrepreneur, and poker player. He is the majority owner and chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion, and investor and minority shareholder in Belgian First Division A team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. He is also a minority owner of Australian
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- Anthony Grant Bloom is an English sports gambler, entrepreneur, and poker player.
- Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit.
Public career
Anthony Grant Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is an English sports gambler, entrepreneur, and poker player. He is the majority owner and chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion, an investor and minority shareholder in Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, and a minority shareholder in Scottish club Hearts F.C.
Bloom was hired by bookmakers Victor Chandler in the late 1990s to set up its international gambling business in Bangkok, which introduced him to the Asian market, and its handicap system of betting.
He founded an on-line football betting company, Premierbet, before the 2022 World Cup, and later sold it for £1 million. He also launched and sold on-line gambling companies Tribeca Tables and St Minver.
Brighton were promoted from Football League One as champions in 2011, the season before Brighton moved into Falmer Stadium. Brighton avoided relegation in 2014–15, and then finished in third place in the Championship the following season.
In the 2021–22 Premier League season, Brighton finished with 51 points, their highest ever points tally in the Premier League, and finished in 9th place. Brighton then finished the 2022–23 Premier League season in 6th
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Anthony Grant Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is an English sports gambler, entrepreneur, and poker player. He is the majority owner and chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion, an
Bloom was hired by bookmakers Victor Chandler in the late 1990s to set up its international gambling business in Bangkok, which introduced him to the Asian market, and its handicap system of betting.
He founded an on-line football betting company, Premierbet, before the 2022 World Cup, and later sold it for £1 million. He also launched and sold on-line gambling companies Tribeca Tables and St Minver.
Brighton were promoted from Football League One as champions in 2011, the season before Brighton moved into Falmer Stadium. Brighton avoided relegation in 2014–15, and then finished in third place in the Championship the
In the 2021–22 Premier League season, Brighton finished with 51 points, their highest ever points tally in the Premier League, and finished in 9th place. Brighton then finished the 2022–23 Premier League season in 6th pl
In June 2025, Bloom invested £9.86m into Hearts F.C. for which he has received a 29% stake in the club in non-voting shares. In May 2026, Uefa announced that they were scrutinising the relationship between Hearts and Bri
In 2018, Bloom completed the takeover of Belgian second division club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, known as USG. At the end of the 2020–21 football season USG were promoted to Belgian First Division A for the first time
Bloom fell short of the million-pound grand prize in the Poker Million IX event held in London on 10 December 2010. He finished second behind Gus Hansen.
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