888’s Profit Falls on Online Poker Marketing, Names CEO Chairman
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888 Holdings Plc posted a 5.3 percent decline in first-half profit as costs increased for marketing U.S. online poker and said Chief Executive Officer Brian Mattingley will step up to replace Richard Kilsby as chairman.
Kilsby will retire as non-executive chairman at next year’s annual shareholder meeting, while Mattingley will swap his role for that of executive chairman, the Gibraltar-based online gambling company said in a statement today.