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Entain is a FTSE 100 sports betting and gaming group headquartered in London, formerly GVC Holdings, operating more than twenty-five brands including bwin, Ladbrokes, Coral, Sportingbet, PartyCasino, partypoker, Gala Bingo, Foxy Bingo, Eurobet in Italy, Ladbrokes and Neds in Australia, Sports Interaction in Canada,... Full profile
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Entainis one of 25 listed gambling companies in the iGT 25, iGaming Times’ market-cap-weighted index of the sector, and carries 3.17% of it at the last rebalance in the operator bucket. Since the index base date of 19 September 2025 the shares are -44.95% in GBP. Consumer-facing sportsbooks, online casinos and land-based venues. Weights are market capitalisation in US dollars, capped at 15%, and recomputed every trading day; read the methodology.
Stella David wants the government's promised ban brought in immediately, "even if that means clubs ordering new kit mid-season", and extended to online advertising, where 22% of unlicensed users first found their operator against 13% through sponsorship. The count is up from eight clubs last season, and the newest deal was signed after the consultation closed.
The Gambling Commission's 2025/26 report shows online casino up 14.8% to £5.7bn, adding more than the entire market gained. Online betting fell 6.6%, bingo fell, 208 betting shops closed before this year's cull began. The survey says participation is flat at 49%. The day after the Lords called for an advertising ban, the regulator's own numbers explain why the product mix is the argument.
Richard Harris says the group's best growth lever is converting venue players to digital, that the new MyMecca app has lifted sign-ups, and that a UK market "unlikely to provide tax tailwinds" rewards small targeted projects over big ones. On the day Entain cut 400 jobs, that is a different way of reading the same Budget.
The Ladbrokes owner says up to a fifth of its 2,000 customer care roles could go, weeks after an H1 that beat expectations and days after its chief executive wrote to the Prime Minister about machine games duty. The cuts are global; the argument is aimed at 28 October.
Mr Justice Cawson found Entain could not say who drew the Coral and Ladbrokes logos, when, or how it came to own them, eleven months into the case. The trade mark claims over 18 marks go on to trial.
The Premier League club put a Curaçao-licensed operator on its sleeve two days after the government's consultation on banning exactly that shut, while a £9m UKRI research consortium says the ban should reach licensed bookmakers too.
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