Czech investment fund EMMA Capital Group successfully completed negotiations to acquire a 67% stake in Get’s Bet and Club King, companies which operate in the Romanian gaming market.
This is EMMA Capital’s first acquisition in the Romanian gaming sector and the current management will remain in place. Alongside it, EMMA will supplement a few managerial positions.
Get’s Bet and Club King are Romanian sports betting and casino companies founded in 1993 and 2004 by local businessman Sandu Ghețu. Togheter, they operate over 1.000 sports betting and gaming retail locations.
Since the summer of 2021, Get’s Bet is the front shirt sponsor of the football and basketball teams of the biggest sports club in Romania, Steaua Bucharest.
EMMA Capital is a private investment holding founded in 2012 by Jiří Šmejc. The fund also owns Premier Energy, the 3rd largest natural gas infrastructure distributor and supplier in Romania.