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| | | December 4 - This week Swedish online gambling operation, Unibet Group Plc,
announced its intention to buy Maria Holdings Ltd from fellow Swedish
investment firm, Maria Invest AB for $109 million.
Unibet, which is licensed in the online gambling-friendly jurisdiction of Malta,
is looking to acquire Maria Holdings to widen its demographic appeal by taking
over its highly-ranking online gambling
domains, including bingo.se, carlosplace.com, carlospoker.com, mariacasino.com and
mariabingo.com.
Said Unibet Group CEO, Petter Nylander, 'We are extremely pleased with this
upcoming acquisition because it will serve to strengthen Unibet's online
gambling position in
the Nordic regions as well as make inroads within the fast growing online bingo market.
'Unibet is one of the largest privately-owned gambling operators in the European
online gambling market particularly amongst men, and with this new acquisition
we expect to attract a whole new market of female online gambling fans with the
online bingo sites,' he
explained.
Nylander recently made news headlines after he was arrested in The Netherlands
on a European Union (EU) arrest warrant issued by French authorities on charges of breaching French gambling laws.
Unibet Group Plc is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.
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