NetEnt has hired Therese Hillman as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), starting on January 9, 2017. Hillman is also part of the audit committee on the board of directors at Unibet. A member of the board of directors at Unibet since May 2015, Hillman has spent the past five years as CEO of Gymgrossisten, a subsidiary of the Qliro Group. She …
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Updating investors, Unibet Plc’s board has detailed that it is considering changing its holding company name from ‘Unibet Group Plc’ to ‘Kindred Group Plc’. The name change has been proposed in order to ‘improve synergy, clarity and flexibility’ for Unibet’s enlarged group, which following a number of European acquisitions is made up of online gambling assets; Unibet, MariaCasino, Bingo.com, Stan …
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Next Monday New York will host the first ‘US Presidential’ TV debate. With nationwide US Election polls tightening, the race to the White House is expected to go down to the wire. SBC’s ‘Bookies Corner’ gets the lowdown on ‘Clinton Vs Trump,’ with just 45 days to go until America hits the polls (8 November), the US Election has become …
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Anders Ström the founder and current Chairman of the Board of Unibet Group Plc (Unibet) has sold 1,493,800 shares in the Stockholm-listed European online betting operator. Issuing a market update, Unibet governance confirmed that Ström had executed the share sale through Veralda Investment Ltd on the 31 of August. Following the transaction, Veralda Investment owns 10,266,200 shares in Unibet, corresponding to approximately …
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This Saturday’s UFC 202 main event between Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2 has divided the world of mixed martial arts as to who will win this Saturday’s much-anticipated rematch. In 5 March, Diaz who took the fight on ten days notice shocked the world of fighting by submitting McGregor to a second round choke-hold ending the boisterous Irishman’s unbeaten run …
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Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Unibet Plc, continues its strong 2016 momentum posting a consecutive ‘all-time’ revenue quarter in its latest interim results for Q2 and H1 2016 (unaudited period ending 30 June). Updating the market this morning, Unibet governance would detail that the company had recorded group revenues of £126 million for Q2 2016 (Q2 2015: £80 million), closing …
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The fallout from perhaps the most important political event for the UK in our lifetime has continued this week with Leave campaigner and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage stepping down. With David Cameron also having resigned, and Boris Johnson announcing he won’t be standing in the race for the next Prime Minister, the political betting markets have been in overdrive. In …
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Ahead of its Q2 2016 corporate update (scheduled for 27 July), Unibet Plc has detailed to investors that company performance will be boosted by positive exchange rate fluctuations. Updating the market, Unibet governance detailed that net foreign exchange yields made by its main operating currencies against the weakening GBP £ (see Unibet XE graph below) will prove favorable in its Q2 …
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The EU Referendum is tomorrow and whilst Remain remains the strong favourite across bookmakers, the odds have fluctuated somewhat wildly since the Leave and Remain campaigns began their work to convince the voting public that their opinion is the right one. There have been some sizable bets placed on the event on both sides, and William Hill stated that it expected …
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With everyone’s eyes on Euro 2016 this week the latest Bookies’ Corner focuses on just that and the build up to it from the world of bookmaking. SBC spoke to Ryan Murton Head of Digital Marketing at Oddschecker, BetVictor’s Head of Sportsbook Product Eoin Ryan, Head of Football (Interactive) at Gala Coral Richard Scott and Unibet’s Head of UK Marketing …
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