Part 1: The UK market – a split screen
Notably, it would signal that company’s entry
impact on the online sector as it is in the land-
into the UK high-street bookmaking business, based arena and the final resolution early in 2018
an area where the uncertainty caused by the UK will have reverberations well away from the UK’s
government’s triennial review into stakes and betting shops. Says Anderson: “The FOBT ruling
prizes levels for gaming machines is commonly may trigger further consolidation and will have
thought to have held back any further deals massive ramifications for those with a large retail
involving both Ladbrokes Coral and William Hill. presence. I think we are at the cusp of significant
In this sense, the review is having as much
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change in the online sector.”
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