Betsson Active Poker Players Down

Thursday August 30, 2007

Betsson Malta Ltd, the publicly quoted Swedish gaming company has reported a sizeable accretion agency snare sales and operating profit between April and June but saying the digit of poker players playing for actual beans on its network fall command the identical term, year-on-year.

The group's trap sales added by 147 percent to SEK155.7 million, from SEK63 million influence Q2, 2006. Operating profit also to SEK 47.2, from an SEK12.8 million loss influence the identical term.

However, the numeral of active players on the site fell six percent to 42,500 from 45,200 a bit earlier.

Betsson Poker is apportionment of the Ongame says which is the largest poker network in the world with close to 12 million registered poker players. It includes Poker Room, Chan Poker, Hollywood Poker, BWin Poker, and Bet24 Poker.

At the end of Q2, 2007, the number of registered customers across all platforms, including Betsson Casino, Betsson Sportsbook, exchange, and Betsson Bingo, was 774,000, an increase of 13 percent compared to Q1, 2007 and an increase of 41 percent compared to Q2, 2006.

Betsson Malta Ltd is established in 14 countries, with Scandinavian countries composing the most important geographical market.