With the acquisition, Fortuna now has 1,600 branch offices in Central Europe, which gives it the first position in the region. Alongside Croatia and the Czech Republic, Fortuna is also active in Slovakia and Poland. The Croatian market is developed and odds betting are very popular,” Fortuna CEO Martin Todt told Euro.
Since the autumn of 2004, Fortuna and its sister companies in the neighboring states belong to financial group Penta, which bought Fortuna from Michal Horacek and other shareholders for an estimated us$ 125 million. Fortuna's turnover for next year is estimated at around us$ 1.9 billion and at us$ 691 million in the Czech Republic.