Notícias da Operadora
Austria – Sazka announces intention to take sole control of Casinos Austria
By Phil - 15 de agosto de 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.
Houve também motivos de comemoração entre clientes e convidados, que juntos levaram para casa ganhos totais de 2.7 mil milhões de euros, um aumento de 11.3 por cento em comparação com 2015 e mais um máximo histórico.
O número de visitantes nos casinos Os 12 casinos nacionais da Áustria aumentaram 10.6 por cento em 2016 em comparação com o ano anterior: juntos, estes casinos receberam um total de 3,009,946 convidados, mais de metade dos quais eram visitantes internacionais. Isto levou, por sua vez, a um forte aumento nas receitas do jogo, que aumentaram 5.2% em termos anuais, para 326.83 milhões de euros.
