iGB North America magazine IGBNA Aug/Sep | Page 52

Business and Finance THE GLOBAL IGAMING INDEX iGaming Business North America monitors the leading companies with exposure to the iGaming sector. Each is weighted for the share of their respective businesses derived from iGaming. The threat of Greece out of the EU? A massive 30% correction of the value of Chinese stocks? Potential impact of increased interest at the end of the year? All this doesn’t seems to have slowed the pace of the iGaming Global Index, which ended another Betsson, Churchill Downs, Intertain, Net Entertainment, Playtech, Safecharge and Unibet, all of which hit all-time highs this period, with Rank, and Boyd also reaching share price levels not seen in over five years. Scientific Games was the Index’s best overall 5.8% up for the period ended July 14. Despite a small little dip in the middle of June, the iGaming Index defied the broader market, which ended the comparable period slightly down (FTSE -2.7% and S&P -0.2%). Index performers included Betfair, The original iGaming Index was launched on the 1st June 2004 with a base value of 1000. The Index aims to be the most comprehensive indicator and benchmark for the performance of the iGaming sector. Mkt Cap Exchange Share Price (Local Currency) 2-Month Period 52-Week (in m) Local Close 17-Jul-15 Currency 17-Jul-15 Change % Hi Low 52 wk Hi % of % Wtd of Company Ticker Playtech Limited PTEC LN $4,391.77 GBP 873.50 23.50 2.8% 873.50 801.00 100.0% 13.3% Betfair Group PLC BET LN $3,594.82 GBP 2,490.00 3.00 0.1% 2,698.00 2,357.00 92.3% 10.9% 10.5% Index Amaya Gaming Group Inc. AYA TSX $3,732.38 CAD 35.72 3.09 9.5% 36.85 31.17 96.9% Paddy Power PLC PLS DB $3,934.32 EUR 81.10 -6.12 -7.0% 88.99 76.14 91.1% 9.2% William Hill PLC WMH LN $5,391.36 GBP 392.20 3.00 0.8% 425.30 384.70 92.2% 8.5% Betsson AB BETS'B ST $2,045.18 SEK 142.70 27.03 23.4% 142.70 110.10 100.0% 6.2% Unibet Group PLC UNIB'SDB ST $1,822.40 SEK 543.00 70.00 14.8% 548.00 484.00 99.1% 5.5% Optimal Payments PLC OPAY LN $1,618.32 GBP 237.50 -31.00 -11.5% 287.25 219.00 82.7% 4.9% Net Entertainment NE AB NET'B ST $1,573.04 SEK 390.00 71.00 22.3% 390.00 311.50 100.0% 4.8% Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment PLC BPTY LN $1,326.29 GBP 103.10 13.70 15.3% 108.70 96.45 94.8% 4.0% Intertain Group IT TSX $1,047.66 CAD 18.46 0.26 1.4% 19.94 16.56 92.6% 3.2% International Game Technology IGT NYSE $3,574.73 USD 18.00 -0.28 -1.5% 18.84 17.23 95.5% 2.9% 888 Holdings PLC 888 LN $878.48 GBP 158.00 -6.25 -3.8% 170.00 149.25 92.9% 2.7% Safecharge International SCH Churchill Downs Inc. CHDN LN $628.01 GBP 266.50 -13.50 -4.8% 294.50 265.75 90.5% 1.9% NASDAQ $2,263.03 USD 128.72 6.63 5.4% 129.95 121.26 99.1% Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. 1.8% GCA NYSE $495.46 USD 7.53 0.03 0.4% 8.49 7.42 88.7% 1.5% Zynga In ‚