Intralot continues its successful international expansion

“Always focusing on its international operations, Intralot Group, during 2009 and the 1st semester of 2010, signed 15 new agreements in the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia and it proceeded with two strategic acquisitions, the Silicon Valley-based interactive gaming developer CyberArts and the Jamaican gaming operator SVL”, affirmed Antonopoulos.

“We are optimistic for the firm’s financial course, since we have an increasing 10 - year back-log of projects in the company’s portfolio reaching 13.7 billion euros in 2009, in comparison with 5,76 billion euros in 2006, an increase of 2.5 times (8 billion euros), noted Antonopoulos. Additionally, he pointed out that Intralot Group supports the Greek society through its growth and its international activities, and its social product during the decade 2000-2009 has exceeded 1 billion euros.

“The Gaming industry is now entering a new era, as many developments are taking place worldwide that will shape the industry’s future, especially due to the Governments’ strategy to raise their proceeds from gaming. Intralot is monitoring these developments and is ready to exploit the opportunities that match the Company’s international strategy”, he stated.

In 2009 the Group’s Revenues reached 903.6 million euros. Moreover, the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting approved the distribution of a total dividend of 0.15 euros per share, a 5.7% dividend yield based on last Tuesday’s closing price. It had a significant ten-year back-log of nearly 14 billion euros.