Nordic Gaming stocks slide on reports of new restrictions

Betsson AB

24/04/2018 14:04

** Shares in Nordic online gaming companies fall on media
reports Norwegian Parliament majority decides to block IP
addresses of foreign online gaming websites  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S14TM
    ** Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's investment in gambling
firms (about $3.30 billion) also to be withdrawn, including
stakes in Betsson, reports suggest  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S147V
    ** Cherry  CHERb.ST  down 8.5 pct, Kindred Group
 KINDsdb.ST  down 5.9 pct, LeoVegas  LEOV.ST  down 5.1 pct and
Betsson  BETSb.ST  down 8 pct.
    ** Betsson with worst day since Oct 2016 and Cherry since
Nov 2017

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