Gambling crackdown will destroy growth for bookies, warns Sky Bet boss
Flutter posted a £288m pre-tax loss last year on £6bn of revenue. Last year it generated a £1m pre-tax profit on £4bn of sales. Mr Jackson acknowledged…
Sky Bet owner launches 11th-hour bid to return National Lottery to UK hands
Britain’s biggest bookmaker has launched an eleventh-hour bid to bring the National Lottery back into domestic ownership as a hard-fought auction comes to a climax. Peter Jackson,…
Chinese scupper £2.7bn takeover of British gambling champion
Chinese investors have blocked a takeover of the British company that has pioneered much of the world’s online gambling technology. The £2.7bn acquisition of Playtech, the FTSE…
Problem gambling higher in serving RAF personnel
Serving RAF personnel are four times more likely to be problem gamblers than the rest of the population, according to a study that also found high rates…
Czech billionaire who wants to run National Lottery snubs London for $9bn float
The Czech oligarch behind one of the two favourites to run the National Lottery has snubbed Britain for the float of his gambling empire in favour of…
Boris Johnson must not curb personal freedom to satisfy gambling prohibitionists
One of the big arguments raging during the Covid pandemic is to what extent ministers can take action to safeguard public health while also protecting people’s personal…