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Austria – Sazka announces intention to take sole control of Casinos Austria
By Phil - 15 août 2017
The largest shareholder of Casinos Austria, the Czech Sazka Group, ‘intends to acquire the sole control of Casinos Austria’ according to a statement published by the Federal Competition Authority (BWB).
Sazka Group, which runs the Czech national lottery, is owned by Czech businessmen Karel Komarek and Jiri Smejc. It said it had bought more shares in Casinos Austria to take its shareholding from 11.3 per cent to about 34 per cent.
The second largest shareholder is the state owned ÖBIB with 33.2 per cent followed by Novomatic with 17.2 per cent. Novomatic had tried to take control of the company last year but failed in the courts. It is not believed to be interested in selling its shares.
Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries Group have just reported the best financial year in their 50-year corporate history with an eight per cent rise in group revenues to a record €3,885.95m. Sustained investments in improving and extending its portfolio as well as measures to improve efficiency also led to the group achieving clear increases in results: operating results rose by 49 per cent to €150.1m, while group consolidated results were up by 65 per cent to €91.2m.
Il y avait également de quoi se réjouir parmi les clients et les invités, qui ont remporté ensemble un gain total de 2.7 milliards d'euros, soit une augmentation de 11.3 pour cent par rapport à 2015 et un nouveau record historique.
En 12, le nombre de visiteurs des 10.6 casinos nationaux de Casinos Austria a augmenté de 2016 pour cent par rapport à l'année précédente : ensemble, ces casinos ont accueilli un total de 3,009,946 5.2 326.83 clients, dont plus de la moitié étaient des visiteurs internationaux. Cela a entraîné une forte augmentation des revenus des jeux, qui ont augmenté de XNUMX pour cent sur un an pour atteindre XNUMX millions d'euros.
