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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Daniel O'Boyle

Ladbrokes owner Entain’s shares fall as its US joint venture partner MGM enters UK market with rival tech

Shares in Ladbrokes and Coral owner Entain fell as its US joint venture partner MGM Resorts announced that it would launch an online betting site in the UK, without Entain’s technology.

MGM and Entain together run the BetMGM brand in the US, which is one of the biggest betting operators in the country. Analysts had long seen the joint venture as “unsustainabe” though, with regular speculation that one company would eventually own 100% of the business.

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