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Playtech

October 2020

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  • Epic Code:
  • rch
  • Price:
  • 346p
 The shares had touched 395p, c.£1 higher than the price at which I had made them a main write up in August, but retraced after the interims. Sales came in at €564m and Playtech delivered €162.3m EBITDA, ahead of the €160m post-close guidance in AugustAs expected, it saw blistering performances from Online and TradeTech (adjusted divisional EBITDA +544% to €52.8m), which helped to somewhat offset the COVID driven weakness in Snai, Sports and Asia. Online (ex Asia) is expected to perform strongly but management remains cautious about the outlook for retail.The group notes that it launched in New Jersey for Bet365 in H2 and it is launching a live casino facility there also. It says it has a hot pi ...

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