News November 2025
Hippodrome launches retail sportsbook Operator News
London’s Hippodrome Casino has spearheaded a new era of land-based casinos in the UK, becoming the first to launch a retail sportsbook after a landmark change in legislation as part of the Government’s White Paper on Gambling Reform. Paddy’s Sportsbook is the first of its kind in
Europe, bringing together the energy of a sports bar with the excitement of the casino floor. Guests can now catch every major fixture across 55 HD screens, including a 10-metre big screen, or settle into private booths. Rupert Elwood, MD of Retail at Paddy Power,
said: “At Paddy Power we’ve always looked to innovate and offer the best customer experience – be that in our high street shops or online. Our market is continually evolving and
Tax hikes proposed again in Brazil Legislation
Lawmakers in Brazil are once again looking to raise taxes on the gambling industry. Federal Deputy, Pauderney Avelino, recently presented a bill which would increase the tax rate from 12 per cent of GGR to 25 per cent. According to the justification of the bill, the
new tax rate would “align Brazil with international practices, where the rates applied to GGR vary between 20 per cent and 30 per cent in major regulated jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal.” Avelino argued: “Te new level maintains the
competitiveness of the national betting market, ensuring the economic sustainability of the
Allwyn to take over OPAP Operator News
Te boards of Allwyn International and OPAP have approved the business combination of Allwyn and OPAP through an all-share transaction that values the resulting entity at an equity value of €16bn. Te combined company, which will be renamed
Allwyn, will bring together two leading gaming operators, creating the second largest listed gaming entertainment company globally, with multiple diverse, fast-growing and market-leading positions across Europe, the United States and
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this incredible partnership with the Hippodrome is a brilliant example of how we will invest in new concepts to broaden our reach and react to changing demand. Customers increasingly want a social atmosphere and great entertainment and the Hippodrome is the most iconic social space in London. It’s a dream collaboration.” Te White Paper will also bring increased
gaming machine allocations, a change to the machine-to-table games ratio, an increase in electronic table games and the removal of casino membership requirements.
Hokkaido revisits casino blueprint Operator News
According to Te Japan Times, the region of Hokkaido is revisiting the option of developing a casino resort almost six years after Governor Naomichi Suzuki axed the plans. Te local government held a survey of municipalities to see if there was any local interest in developing an integrated resort with Tomakomai showing interest again, along with the city of Kushiro. Governor Suzuki said: “Circumstances are changing...
We view IR as a potential project that could contribute to Hokkaido’s development.”
Chamber of Deputies, Lindbergh Farias, introduced a bill that would increase taxes on the industry from 12 per cent to 24 per cent. Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Fernando
Haddad, stated that the so-called BBB taxation, which taxes banks, income from financial investments, and sports betting, “is only unfair in the minds of people who are uninformed about what is happening in Brazil.” According to the minister, betting activities,
operator agents while increasing the state's ability to revert part of this revenue into public policies of social interest.” Te announcement comes after the leader of the ruling party the Workers’ Party (PT) in the
other international markets. Te transaction builds on the existing successful partnership between OPAP and Allwyn which goes back to 2013, when KKCG, the controlling shareholder of Allwyn, first invested in OPAP. Allwyn currently owns 51.78 per cent of OPAP. Following the completion of the Transaction,
Robert Chvatal (current CEO of Allwyn) and Kenneth Morton (current CFO of Allwyn) will continue to lead the management team of the combined company as CEO and CFO, respectively. OPAP’s current management team led by Jan Karas as CEO and Pavel Mucha as CFO will continue to
need to contribute to what he called the collateral effects of entertainment: “Without wanting to malign any economic activity that has legal support. Tat’s not what this is about Tese are regulated activities. But we need to ensure that these activities correspond, regarding taxation, to what is the standard of the Brazilian economy.”
lead OPAP’s operations in Greece and Cyprus. Te combined company will be chaired by Karel
Komarek and have an eight-person Board of Directors. Tis will include the six existing Allwyn directors (including Chair), two of whom are independent, as well as two newly appointed independent non-executive directors, resulting in the Board having 50 per cent independent non- executive directors. Te transaction represents the next milestone in
Allwyn’s journey with a public market listing unlocking access to equity capital markets for future growth and elevating its global profile.
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