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Shares in UK gambling firms fall £2bn amid talk of higher taxes in budget

Thinktank reports saying sector should be hit with extra £900m to £3bn in levies prompt market selloff

The Guardian - UK

Sky Betting & Gaming reprimanded for unlawfully sharing users’ personal data

ICO says online gambling company passed customers’ information to advertising technology companies

The Guardian - UK

Racing’s new leaders will need to attack poisonous gaming betting

The British Horseracing Authority is currently trying to find both a new chair and new chief executive

The Guardian - UK

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Bookies and tracks’ media rights skirmish just the start of a racing war

Refusing bets on racing at Bath was the first spat in a financial struggle between the sport’s major power blocs

The Guardian - UK

Flutter shareholders vote to move listing from London to New York

Paddy Power owner will make switch to its ‘natural home’ by May in further blow to London Stock Exchange

The Guardian - UK

Flutter Shareholders Approve US Primary Listing Shift

Flutter Entertainment shareholders vote in favor of pursuing a primary listing on a US stock exchange to enhance growth and attract investors.

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London-listed betting giants 888 and Flutter rethink plans for world domination

William Hill owner 888 announced cutbacks in ‘non-core’ regions, while Flutter took a huge hit from writing down the value of its operations in smaller markets

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Betting firm 888 to pay $50 million to quit failing American venture

Firms like Flutter and Entain have had great success in America but 888 failed to gain any ground in the country

Evening Standard

Flutter Eyes US Listing Switch In New Post-Brexit Blow

Online betting giant Flutter this week took the first step to switch its main listing from London to New York, in a fresh post-Brexit blow to the City finance district.

International Business Times

UK shareholders should vote against Flutter’s flight to the US

The dwindling band of UK loyalists should send a message that exiting to the US is not as easy as flicking a switch

The Guardian - UK

Paddy Power owner Flutter deals fresh blow to London Stock Exchange

The Paddy Power owner is set to switch its primary listing to the US by July

Evening Standard

FanDuel owner Flutter lists in New York amid US gambling boom

Gambling giant hails America as its ‘natural home’ and proposes primary listing in New York as US sports betting business surges

The Guardian - US

Paddy Power owner gallops ahead as it races off to New York listing

Flutter shares will start trading in the US on 29 January

Evening Standard

Betting firm Flutter to list on New York stock exchange in January

Company formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair will keep premium listing in London for now

The Guardian - UK

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City trading house IG Group picks ex-Betfair boss Corcoran as new CEO

He replaces June Felix, who left due to poor health in August

The Guardian - UK

A lesson for London in Flutter’s transatlantic drift

FTSE 100 gambling firm continues to drop hints that it could move its primary listing to New York

The Guardian - AU

Sportsbet spends extra $19m in marketing blitz ahead of expected gambling ad ban

Anti-gambling advocates call company ‘utterly irresponsible’ as industry lobbies to prevent total ban on betting ads in Australia

TV Tech

Fox Bet Sports Betting Platform to Close

Flutter Entertainment and Fox have announced a phased shutdown in August

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The Guardian - UK

Coroner warns more could die as a result of betting firm’s ‘inadequate’ safeguards

Flutter’s safer gambling tools ‘do not amount to any meaningful interaction’ with customers, says coroner in suicide of gambler

The Independent UK

Coroner condemns ‘inadequate’ protection of gamblers after man’s suicide

The concerns were raised in a Prevention of Future Deaths report after a gambling disorder was deemed to have contributed to the death of Luke Ashton.

The Guardian - UK

Coroner criticises Betfair for failing to act before man’s suicide

Gambling disorder cited as a contributory cause in the death of Luke Ashton, who was not identified as a high-risk customer

The Independent UK

Gambling addition ‘contributed’ to death of father making 100 bets a day, inquest rules

Luke Ashton had hidden his gambling from his wife after becoming addicted during the Covid-19 lockdown

The Independent UK

Gambling disorder contributed to death of father-of-two, coroner concludes - OLD

Luke Ashton took his own life at the age of 40 after suffering what an expert says was a ‘pervasive’ gambling disorder.

The Independent UK

Bookmaker’s algorithm failed to see ‘red flags in gambling addict’s behaviour’

Father-of-two Luke Ashton took his own life after losing thousands of pounds while gambling.

Wales Online

Betting firm admits it could have done more to help man, 40, who took own life

Dad of two Luke was suffering from a crushing gambling addiction

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