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An Athens listing has created the world’s second largest gaming company. Finally, Europe has a No. 2 global player

Whatever the level of geopolitical volatility, millions of people like to buy a chance to win big at astonishingly long odds.

Fortune · Apr 1

Revealed: the business dealings of Royal Mail bidder Daniel Křetínský

With the Czech billionaire on the verge of a £3.6bn takeover, the Guardian looks at his dealings in Russia and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024

Owner of UK national lottery operator to sever ties with Gazprom

Allwyn parent company says deal to buy 3% stake in Czech gas facility will cut final link with Kremlin-controlled energy firm

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2024

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Line-up announced for More than Equal’s new female driver development programme

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

Motorsport · May 14, 2024

National Lottery operator had borrowed millions from Kremlin-owned banks

Exclusive: Syndicate agreed to lend up to €640m to Allwyn in 2020, two years before contract awarded

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

MPs seek assurances that new national lottery operator will increase donations

Concerns also raised about Allwyn’s commitments to safer gambling and its ownership structure

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Owner of UK national lottery operator still in business with Gazprom

Czech tycoon promised Gambling Commission two years ago his firm would sever Russia ties before taking over the lucrative contract

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024

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Russia-linked firm could gain stake in company behind UK’s national lottery

PPF in line to acquire shares in Allwyn Entertainment, whose UK arm won lottery licence from Camelot

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Bosses at firm that won new National Lottery licence received 40% pay rise

Top staff at Allwyn’s Czech-owned parent group were paid total of £10.3m for year’s work before defeating Camelot

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022

Karel Komárek profile: the entrepreneur who will run UK national lottery

Seeds of Czech entrepreneur’s lottery victory were sown 30 years ago when he started his business

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2022

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