DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	Elite Data Services, Inc. (hereinafter the “Company”, “Our”, “We” or “Us”) is a retail focused management company which currently owns a 20% minority interest of WOD Market LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, a provider of intelligent retail solutions for gym owners and coaches, including the management of retail sales, up front inventory purchases, ongoing inventory management, payments, marketing, and related services. Under a joint venture agreement dated March 14, 2017, the Company co-operates WOD with WOD Holdings Inc. (“WODH”), a Delaware corporation majority owned by Brenton Mix, our Chief Executive Officer, and Taryn Watson, a related party. Prior to March 14, 2017, the Company was a technology driven management company which owned and operated online marketing and gaming businesses: Elite Data Marketing LLC, and Elite Gaming Ventures LLC, from 2013 and 2014, respectively. During the year ending December 31, 2015, we made limited progress with our online marketing platforms due to lack of funding to complete required programming and coding enhancements. However, during the year ending December 31, 2016, we anticipated obtaining additional funding which would have afforded us the ability of bringing certain new marketing offerings to our platforms in hopes of increasing traffic flow, capturing new users and generating revenues. Due to the Company not being a current and fully reporting company in 2016, the Company was unable to raise the capital needed to advance the online marketing business resulting in a loss of business opportunities. On March 14, 2017, the Company executed a note cancellation agreement and assignment with Baker & Myers & Associates LLC which resulted in Elite Data Marketing LLC no longer being a subsidiary of the Company, with no further operational effect or obligation to the Company. Separately, pursuant to the terms of the Joint Venture with H Y H Investments S.A. (“HYHI”) formed on or about May 18, 2016, we intended to implement the creation of the joint venture relationship using Elite Data Holdings S.A., a Honduras corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elite Gaming Ventures LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("EVG"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and a distributor license from HYHI and El Mar Muerto Beauty Mineral, S.A., a Honduras corporation ("EMBM") to establish gaming operations (the "Purpose") by distributing and maintaining a total of eighty (80) slot machines in the cities of La Lima, Cortes; eighty (80) slot machines in the cities of Trujillo, Colon; and One Hundred and Sixty (160) slot machines in Roatan in the bay island of Honduras. In order to effect the distributor license related to the gaming operations, the Company and EVG are responsible for providing any and all financial and operational resources required to execute on the gaming license granted to the Company, including, but not limited to, the funding for the initial and ongoing operating costs in the minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD $500,000) on or before December 31, 2016 (the "Initial Funding"). See Note 16. During the period ending December 31, 2016, none of the capital required to pay the minimum operational costs of the joint venture which resulted in a loss of business opportunities, and further strained the relationship with HYHI, our joint venture partner. On March 14, 2017, Company executed a joint venture termination agreement with H Y H Investments S.A. which resulted in Elite Gaming Ventures LLC (and, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elite Data Holdings S.A.) no longer being a subsidiary of the Company, with no further operational effect or obligation to the Company, except for certain amounts owed by the Company under a further amendment to the Amended and Restated Redeemable Note. Separately, the Company intended to expand its operations in the fourth quarter of 2016 to include intelligent retail solutions for gym owners and coaches through the completion of the acquisition of WOD (delayed), which the Company currently owns a minority interest stake of 20% as of August 26, 2016, with 100% ownership interest anticipated to be completed in 2017. WOD serves the fitness community by allowing coaches and trainers to focus on what’s important while athletes have access to the products they need to perform at their highest level. WOD aims to relieve gym owners and coaches of the burden of managing retail sales including upfront inventory purchases, ongoing inventory management, payments, marketing, etc. while also providing a service for members to have convenient access to products that help them perform better. WOD intends to forge a mutually beneficial relationship with each gym, customer and vendor to ensure the best possible experience. On January 10, 2017, the Company executed the first amendment to the purchase of WOD to extend the second closing date from on or about September 15, 2016 to on or about March 31, 2017, and further extend the third and final closing date from on or about October 15, 2016 to on or about June 30, 2017, respectively. Pursuant to management’s decision to divest itself from its online marketing and gaming businesses, and focus exclusively on the fitness retail sales business, the Company executed the second amendment to the definitive agreement on March 14, 2017, which further amended certain terms of the WOD purchase, including the formation of a joint venture to further develop and manage the current WOD business. Under the terms of the Joint Venture, the initial ownership interest of WOD was 20% owned by the Company, with the remaining 80% owned WODH. The Company may, at its option provide additional capital contributions to WOD in increments of not less than $10,000 up to a total of $8 million dollars in the aggregate, which included an equity exchange of up to a total of 800 units (80%) of WOD owned initially by WODH to the Company for a total of approximately 199,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and approximately 19,801,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Shares”) to be issued to WODH upon the completion of a final closing on or before December 31, 2018. Until a minimum of at least $4 million in additional capital contributions have been made by the Company to WOD, resulting in a controlling ownership interest of not less than 60% of WOD by the Company, all the Shares of Company stock earmarked for the equity exchange with WODH are being held in a Voting Trust (as defined elsewhere in this filing), along with other key shareholder positions, in order to recapitalize the Company post a an expected 1:1000 reverse split (which was previously approved), pending effectiveness after the Company is current in its public company filings. The raising of capital is likely to occur immediately after the reverse split providing the funding for closure of Amendment 2. Our ability to complete subsequent phases of our newly developed business plan and operations are subject to us obtaining additional financing as these expenditures will exceed our cash reserves.

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Elite Data Services, Inc. (hereinafter the “Company”, “Our”, “We” or “Us”) is a retail focused management company which currently owns a 20% minority interest of WOD Market LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, a provider of intelligent retail solutions for gym owners and coaches, including the management of retail sales, up front inventory purchases, ongoing inventory management, payments, marketing, and related services. Under a joint venture agreement dated March 14, 2017, the Company co-operates WOD with WOD Holdings Inc. (“WODH”), a Delaware corporation majority owned by Brenton Mix, our Chief Executive Officer, and Taryn Watson, a related party.

Prior to March 14, 2017, the Company was a technology driven management company which owned and operated online marketing and gaming businesses: Elite Data Marketing LLC, and Elite Gaming Ventures LLC, from 2013 and 2014, respectively.

During the year ending December 31, 2015, we made limited progress with our online marketing platforms due to lack of funding to complete required programming and coding enhancements. However, during the year ending December 31, 2016, we anticipated obtaining additional funding which would have afforded us the ability of bringing certain new marketing offerings to our platforms in hopes of increasing traffic flow, capturing new users and generating revenues. Due to the Company not being a current and fully reporting company in 2016, the Company was unable to raise the capital needed to advance the online marketing business resulting in a loss of business opportunities.

On March 14, 2017, the Company executed a note cancellation agreement and assignment with Baker & Myers & Associates LLC which resulted in Elite Data Marketing LLC no longer being a subsidiary of the Company, with no further operational effect or obligation to the Company.

Separately, pursuant to the terms of the Joint Venture with H Y H Investments S.A. (“HYHI”) formed on or about May 18, 2016, we intended to implement the creation of the joint venture relationship using Elite Data Holdings S.A., a Honduras corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elite Gaming Ventures LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("EVG"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and a distributor license from HYHI and El Mar Muerto Beauty Mineral, S.A., a Honduras corporation ("EMBM") to establish gaming operations (the "Purpose") by distributing and maintaining a total of eighty (80) slot machines in the cities of La Lima, Cortes; eighty (80) slot machines in the cities of Trujillo, Colon; and One Hundred and Sixty (160) slot machines in Roatan in the bay island of Honduras.

In order to effect the distributor license related to the gaming operations, the Company and EVG are responsible for providing any and all financial and operational resources required to execute on the gaming license granted to the Company, including, but not limited to, the funding for the initial and ongoing operating costs in the minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD $500,000) on or before December 31, 2016 (the "Initial Funding"). See Note 16.

During the period ending December 31, 2016, none of the capital required to pay the minimum operational costs of the joint venture which resulted in a loss of business opportunities, and further strained the relationship with HYHI, our joint venture partner.

On March 14, 2017, Company executed a joint venture termination agreement with H Y H Investments S.A. which resulted in Elite Gaming Ventures LLC (and, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elite Data Holdings S.A.) no longer being a subsidiary of the Company, with no further operational effect or obligation to the Company, except for certain amounts owed by the Company under a further amendment to the Amended and Restated Redeemable Note.

Separately, the Company intended to expand its operations in the fourth quarter of 2016 to include intelligent retail solutions for gym owners and coaches through the completion of the acquisition of WOD (delayed), which the Company currently owns a minority interest stake of 20% as of August 26, 2016, with 100% ownership interest anticipated to be completed in 2017.

WOD serves the fitness community by allowing coaches and trainers to focus on what’s important while athletes have access to the products they need to perform at their highest level. WOD aims to relieve gym owners and coaches of the burden of managing retail sales including upfront inventory purchases, ongoing inventory management, payments, marketing, etc. while also providing a service for members to have convenient access to products that help them perform better. WOD intends to forge a mutually beneficial relationship with each gym, customer and vendor to ensure the best possible experience.

On January 10, 2017, the Company executed the first amendment to the purchase of WOD to extend the second closing date from on or about September 15, 2016 to on or about March 31, 2017, and further extend the third and final closing date from on or about October 15, 2016 to on or about June 30, 2017, respectively.

Pursuant to management’s decision to divest itself from its online marketing and gaming businesses, and focus exclusively on the fitness retail sales business, the Company executed the second amendment to the definitive agreement on March 14, 2017, which further amended certain terms of the WOD purchase, including the formation of a joint venture to further develop and manage the current WOD business.

Under the terms of the Joint Venture, the initial ownership interest of WOD was 20% owned by the Company, with the remaining 80% owned WODH. The Company may, at its option provide additional capital contributions to WOD in increments of not less than $10,000 up to a total of $8 million dollars in the aggregate, which included an equity exchange of up to a total of 800 units (80%) of WOD owned initially by WODH to the Company for a total of approximately 199,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and approximately 19,801,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Shares”) to be issued to WODH upon the completion of a final closing on or before December 31, 2018.

Until a minimum of at least $4 million in additional capital contributions have been made by the Company to WOD, resulting in a controlling ownership interest of not less than 60% of WOD by the Company, all the Shares of Company stock earmarked for the equity exchange with WODH are being held in a Voting Trust (as defined elsewhere in this filing), along with other key shareholder positions, in order to recapitalize the Company post a an expected 1:1000 reverse split (which was previously approved), pending effectiveness after the Company is current in its public company filings. The raising of capital is likely to occur immediately after the reverse split providing the funding for closure of Amendment 2.

Our ability to complete subsequent phases of our newly developed business plan and operations are subject to us obtaining additional financing as these expenditures will exceed our cash reserves.