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Swedish gambling regulatory body Lotteriinspektionen will today publish its commissioned report, detailing provisions for a potential national regulated gambling framework. Swedish MPs and industry stakeholders have eagerly awaited the report, which was commissioned by the government in 2015 for the purpose of commencing a license-based system for gambling operators. In January, fears arose of further industry regulatory delays following the …

Kindred Group’s £176 million outright cash offer for 32Red Plc assets has become ‘unconditional’ following its acceptance by 32Red majority shareholders and having gained approval by the Licensing Authority of Gibraltar. Updating the market this morning, the governance of 32Red informed corporate stakeholders that both its investors and directorship had accepted Kindred’s £176 million offer put forward on 23 February 2017. …

Ahead of this weekend’s start of the 2017 Formula One season (Australian Grand Prix – 26 March), European bookmaker Unibet (Kindred Group) has appointed former F1 World Champion racer Mika Häkkinen as its new Brand Ambassador. Known as ‘the Flying Finn’, Häkkinen is considered one of F1’s greatest ever drivers having secured back-to-back world championships in 1998 & 1999. The twenty-time …

The governance of 32Red Plc has declared a ‘record year for revenue and profits’ ahead of its £175 million acquisition by Stockholm-listed Kindred Group (deal confirmed 23 February). Presenting its full-year 2016 results, in what will likely be its last corporate update as a London AIM-listed enterprise. 32Red recorded corporate revenues of £62 million up 28% on corresponding FY 2015’s …

Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of Kindred Group, has said that his firm’s £175.6m acquisition of 32Red is consistent with the firm’s ‘multi-brand strategy and stated desire to grow our business in regulated and soon to be regulated markets’. 32Red will now join Kindred’s stable of brands which includes Unibet, Stan James, Maria Casino and Bingo.com. Commenting on the deal, announced this morning, …

Speaking to Kindred Group investors and corporate stakeholders, CEO Henrik Tjärnström described 2016 as a transformative year for the enlarged operator which has successfully incorporated new assets and expanded its existing verticals. Closing his firm’s most successful year in business, Tjärnström states that 15-brand Kindred Group (formerly Unibet Group Plc) has achieved its long-term goal of becoming a ‘true European …

Releasing its unaudited year-end report, Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Kindred Group Plc (formerly Unibet Group Plc) is likely break it all-time revenue and earnings performance for full-year 2016. The enlarged operator was able to post a further consecutive all-time revenue generating quarter of £152 million for Q4 2016 (Q4 2015: £111 million). Kindred would record a period underlying EBITDA of …