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EXHIBIT 99.1

Newgioco Group adds Management Depth

New York, June 6, 2017 (Globenewswire).  Newgioco Group, Inc. (OTCQB:NWGI) a
company providing regulated online and offline leisure gaming and wagering
through licensed subsidiaries in Italy, announced today the hiring of key
personnel to the company management and technical team.  All of the
appointments are non-board positions.

Newgioco has strengthened its management team with the addition of Donal Carroll
as Chief Financial Officer and Julia Lesnykh as VP Corporate Finance, both
stationed in Toronto, Canada, as well as Carlo Reali as Financial Controller and
Bryan Calderoni as in-house Graphic Designer, both stationed at gaming
operations' head office in Rome, Italy.

Donal Carroll has 20 years of corporate finance leadership and public company
experience, as well as deep expertise in syndicate investing both in equity and
debt securities.  With a balance of prudent financing practices and unique
insights, Mr. Carroll has successfully guided companies for expansion and
growth.  Throughout his tenure with Danaher (NYSE:DHR), Alberto Culver
(NYSE:ACV) - now Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Cardinal Meats, Mr. Carroll was
instrumental in major restructuring activities, mergers and acquisitions, and
the implementations of new internal controls and ERP systems resulting in
significant efficiencies through periods of substantial change and strong
company growth.

Mr. Carroll holds a CPA-CMA designation as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree
from University College Dublin (UCD).

Julia Lesnykh has over 17 years of accounting experience providing accounting,
tax and advisory services to various small and medium-sized companies.  Since
February 2015, she has served Newgioco as a Group Financial Controller
overseeing financial reporting.  During this time she has clearly demonstrated
her leadership and accounting abilities, performing full-cycle accounting for
the head office in Canada, reviewing and consolidating domestic and foreign
subsidiaries' financials and liaising with the company's auditors and external
consultants.  From 2012 - 2015, Ms. Lesnykh was a member of the Board of
Directors of Friday Capital Inc. (currently HIT Technologies Inc. TSXV:HIT),
participating in the preparation for and successful filing of an initial public
offering.  She also served as a Member of the Audit Committee in 2014-2015,
liaising with auditors and overseeing financial reporting on TSX Venture.

Ms. Lesnykh holds a Degree in Economics, an International MBA from the Schulich
School of Business at York University (Canada) and a CIMA Advanced Diploma in
Management Accounting (UK).

Carlo Reali brings over 25 years of financial management experience in the
retail gaming business, having worked his entire career with one of the largest
gaming companies in Italy.  He has extensive knowledge of pricing models and
accounting processes in all gaming product verticals.  Mr. Reali brings a strong
cash management skill set to this new role, and will work closely with our CFO,
VP Finance and auditing firm to prepare and support our financial reporting
efficiency.  The hiring of an internal financial controller at our operation
level is a part of the company's mandate to implement corporate-wide standard
operating procedures aimed at streamlining our financial reporting procedures
going forward.






Bryan Calderoni is responsible for developing and maintaining our Newgioco brand
standards while designing print and online materials, including promotional
email layouts, videos, infographics, flyers, stacking diagrams, maps and
websites, etc.  In addition, Mr. Calderoni is an expert in web development and
SEO functionality, currently holds a master certification in Adobe Video
development and specializes in creating logos and branding for ecommerce,
presentations and interactive designs for the implementation of product
marketing.

"We are very pleased to add such highly talented and dedicated personnel to both
our corporate management in North America as well as group operations in
Europe," said company Chairman and CEO, Michele Ciavarella.  "These additions to
our outstanding global leadership team are an important milestone for Newgioco
Group and checks off another box towards achieving our objective of becoming a
premier international leisure gaming company."

About Newgioco Group, Inc.

Newgioco Group, Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a fully
licensed and integrated online and land-based gaming operator.  The company
conducts its business primarily through internet-based gambling and sports
betting platform under the registered brand Newgioco on our website
www.newgioco.it as well as retail neighborhood betting shops situated throughout
Italy.

The company offers its clients a full suite of leisure gaming products and
services, such as sports betting, virtual sports, online casino, poker, bingo,
interactive games and slots, as well as an innovative betting platform
(www.odissea.at) providing both B2B and B2C bet processing.  Additional
information is available on our corporate website at www.newgiocogroup.com.

This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The company
has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using
words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecast,"
"plans," "intends," "potential" and similar expressions.  These statements
reflect the company's current beliefs and are based upon currently available
information.  Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the company's
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those
expressed in or implied by such statements.

Website contact form:
http://www.newgiocogroup.com/index.php/contact-us/

Investor Relations Contact

Michele Ciavarella
investor@newgiocogroup.co