The Q3 results from European bookmaker Unibet showed profit before tax is up to £3.4m on the year before on a turnover that rose to £63m from £52m in Q3 2004. The figures were the first since the company bought the parent company of MrBookmaker in August.
Petter Nylander, chief executive of Unibet said: “The most important event during the quarter was, of course, the acquisition of MrBookmaker, which gave us immediate access to the important France and Benelux markets.”
Unibet saw the number of active customers increase 53% over the quarter from 91,000 to 139,000 of which 39,000 came as a result of the MrBookmaker acquisition.
Meanwhile, poker gross winnings rose 43% quarter on quarter from £2.8m to £4m.
Turnover for the nine months to the end of September rose to £187m from £144m, while profit before tax for the same period rose to £8.7m from £5.8m.
Nylander hailed the company’s record figures for active customers and new registrations as well as the highest earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) achieved by the company “despite at the same time entering into new markets and supporting the continuous poker growth”.
source : egr magazine
