Former professional poker player James Bord has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take over Sheffield Wednesday, BBC Sport can confirm.
The Owls have been in administration since October, ending 10 years under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri.
On Wednesday, the troubled Championship club’s administrators announced a deal had been reached with a potential buyer.
London-born Bord, who started his career working for gambling firms Starlizard and Smartodds, won $4.3m (3.2m) on the pro poker circuit.
Bord left Smartodds to concentrate on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI
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