A tough opening to its 2016 corporate performance, has seen Eastern European gambling operator Fortuna Entertainment revise its year guidance detailing an EBITDA drop ranging between 10-15%. Updating the market on its Q1 2016 (period ending 31 March), Fortuna reported a group wagering increase to €251 million (up 26% on corresponding Q1 2015) combined with Gross Win revenues of €38 …
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SynotTip nets title sponsorship of Latvia Higher League
Czech Republic gambling and lottery operator Synot Group has confirmed that subsidiary SynotTip will become the title sponsor of Latvian football’s top division ‘The Latvia Higher League’ (Virsliga). Synot Group secures the naming right to the league for three consecutive seasons, in which it will promote subsidiary sports betting brand SynotTip. The operator informed that media that it was pleased …
Read More »Polish tax charges see Fortuna Entertainment post flat 2015
Publishing its unaudited full-year results for 2015 (period ending 31 December), Eastern European gambling operator Fortuna Entertainment (Fortuna) has reported that Polish VAT charges have impacted company performance as Fortuna posted a flat adjusted EBITDA of €27 million (2014: €27.2 million). Despite recording no EBITDA growth, Fortuna governance detailed positives as the company saw top-line revenue and gross win growth …
Read More »Synot withdraws from Czech sports funding following new tax hikes
Synot International, the Czech Republic’s biggest gambling operator has announced that it will scrap all its sports sponsorships in protest of ‘unfair’ tax hikes on its services. Releasing a statement on Thursday, the licensed operator detailed that it had not been advised on the government’s sudden tax rises to its core product channels. Synot operations will be deeply impacted by …
Read More »Casinos Austria shareholders planning legal action
Reuters is reporting that a group of Czech investors is to take action against Austria’s Finance Ministry after failing to increase its ownership of gaming operator Casinos Austria. The investors already own 11.3% through a joint venture called Austrian Gaming Holding (AGH) and believed that this shareholding provided them with first refusal on any future sale of stock. AGH is …
Read More »Fortuna Entertainment sees 47% profit fall in H1 2015
Eastern European gambling operator Fortuna Entertainment has recorded a 47% decline in net profits to €4.8 million (H1 2014 – €8.9 million). The operator had been negatively impacted by a steep decline in its group operating margins to 10.4% (H1-2014 18.5%) due to being hit by a set of unfavourable sports results in March. A tough opening six months of …
Read More »Fortuna Entertainment re-hires Michal Hanák as Chief of Sports Betting
Eastern European sports betting and gambling operator Fortuna Entertainment has announced that it has re-hired Michal Hanák as its Chief Sports Betting Officer, as the operator looks to strengthen its presence and services within core markets. Hanák re-joins Fortuna Entertainment having served as Head of Trading and as a member of the operator’s board from 2005-2012. From 2012-2015 Hanák would …
Read More »Synot Tip agrees shirt sponsorship with AC Sparta Prague
Czech Licensed gambling/lottery operator Synot Group sports betting subsidiary Synot Tip has announced that it has agreed terms with AC Sparta Prague to become its official shirt sponsor for 2 seasons (2015/16 & 2016/17 campaigns). Sparta Prague, the Czech Republic’s best followed football club will promote Synot Tip services throughout its 22,000 Generali Arena during domestic and European football match …
Read More »Czech Rep FA extends integrity partnership with Sportradar
The Czech Republic’s FA (FACR) has extended its existing data and integrity partnership with Sportradar for a further four years, taking the relationship on until the summer of 2019. Under the agreement signed today, Sportradar’s market-leading Fraud Detection System will monitor all the senior and U21s men’s and women’s national team fixtures, all the U19s league matches, the women’s first …
Read More »Czech Finance Minister looks to double taxes by 2016
Czech Republic Finance Minister Andrej Babis wants to double taxes on betting operators from 2016. At present operators Czech licensed betting operators pay 20% taxes on their gross win earnings from gambling, plus a 19% corporate tax rate. Babis will look to increase taxes to 30-40% from 2016, as the Czech government looks to overhaul its gambling sector. The finance …
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