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Compare Betsson vs Unibet

Third compare post. Which is the popular on Google according to Google Trend? Below is a chart to helps you.

Third Quarter – Betsson´s strongest so far

Revenues increased by 52 percent to SEK 252.0 (165.5) million
Operating income increased by 26 percent to SEK 67.8 (53.7) million
Income before taxes amounted to SEK 68.2 (54.4) million
Income after taxes amounted to SEK 63.6 (51.2) million, corresponding to SEK 1.62 (1.30) per share
Number of active customers increased by 40 percent to 127 300 (90 800)
Liquid funds amounted to SEK 213.5 million, mostly placed at Swedish banks
The group has no interest-bearing loans

About Unibet
Unibet was founded in 1997 and is an online gambling company listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm. Unibet is one of the largest privately-owned gambling operators in the European market and provides services in 20 languages through www.unibet.com. Today, Unibet has more than 2.9 million customers in over 100 countries. Unibet is a member of the EGBA, European Gaming and Betting Association, RGA, Remote Gambling Association in the UK and is certified by G4, Global Gaming Guidance Group.
In December 2007, Unibet acquired Maria Holdings, the largest online bingo operator in the Nordic market and in April 2008 Scandinavia´s largest trotting community, Travnet. Read the rest of this entry »

Just a Little Story of Online Poker

Man has been searching for entertainment ever since he came to this world. Often the pleasure and need were combined. He started hunting to feed himself and when he realized that he could survive without killing animals it turned into a form of leisure. When man moved to currencies for trade, the greed of getting more money for a less strenuous work turned playing cards into gambling. As we all now relies the importance of money in our daily lives, getting a little extra spending power in our pockets never hurts.

With the advent of internet people have moved away from traditional forms of playing cards. Wherein once only a few friends used to get together for a game of cards or probably a casino in town would be enough to satisfy the greed, online gambling and casinos now have replaced not only the bars and fights that were commonplace then, but also the amount of money that can be made.

One of the fastest growing and most rewarding online games is that of poker. Poker has as much been a game as it has been a way of life to many people which is ably depicted in some of Hollywood’s classic movies. Previously, the game used to be played only at casinos or poker rooms, entering which seemed an intimidating task for the uninitiated. The casinos these days don’t consider poker to be an economically viable option because the game requires a huge table to be set up and also chances of disputes are significantly higher in this game compared to other games that a casino can offer.
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