Good turnover but profit drops at Betbull

Betbull, an AIM listed online gambling joint venture owned by FUNTech and the Austrian public company Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG. has reported mixed results for 2006, with record revenues on the one hand but high costs on the other which drove profits down.

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Thu, April 19th, 2007

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