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Allwyn International has wrapped up a busy week by announcing back-to-back sponsorships with Formula 1 and the McLaren F1 Racing Team. These deals are hailed as a “seismic move” to amplify Allwyn’s global ambitions and brand exposure to worldwide audiences, joining the F1 sponsorship grid alongside DHL, Heineken, Lenovo, Pirelli, Qatar Airways, Salesforce, and Amazon AWS. The partnerships carry the …

Allwyn International has announced its most significant sponsorship commitment, becoming a global partner of Formula 1 in a multi-year partnership set to begin ahead of the FIA F1 World Championship at the Melbourne Grand Prix on 14 March. The F1 partnership marks a first-of-its-kind sponsorship for Allwyn, aiming to enhance awareness of its position as a leading multinational lottery operator. …

Allwyn International has underscored its competence in executing strategic directives to continue the transformation of its global lottery operations and offerings. Posting its Q2 2024 unaudited results, the lottery conglomerate accumulated revenues of €2.15bn, up 5% on 2023 comparatives of €2bn. Group accounts continue to stabilise with Allwyn UK beginning its operation of the National Lottery licence from 1 February …

Allwyn International has marked 2023 as a transformative year for its business, which will now focus on revitalising the performance and sales of the UK National Lottery.  Upon publishing its unaudited full-year 2023 accounts, the company saw its corporate revenues double to €7.87bn. The year’s accounts detailed that National Lottery sales accounted for a revenue contribution of €3.9bn, down 4% …

OpenBet has strengthened its partnership with Sazka after delivering Neccton’s gambling compliance products to the Czech Republic lottery operator.   Allwyn Group-owned Sazka has now integrated the AI-based solution across its lottery, sportsbook and casino offerings.  This marks the first launch of Neccton’s technology after the responsible gaming, anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection company was acquired by OpenBet in June …

The Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic has notified national media of its intent “to implement tax changes on gambling”.  The notice was declared by Czech Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura, who is currently drafting new measures for the national budget in which the Civic Democratic (ODS) government has “emphasised delivering savings of Kč 70bn (€3bn).” The savings target is …

Allwyn Entertainment has secured access to €1.6bn funds, having reached a senior facilities agreement with a syndicated group of international banks.  The transaction was undertaken by Allwyn International (formerly SAZKA Group AS) with lenders agreeing to provide an aggregate €1.6bn facility to the lottery conglomerate. Terms of the agreement will see the €1.6bn credit facility split into separate debt tranches, …

Allwyn Entertainment has cited growth across all core markets as it finalises terms for a transformative SPAC merger with Cohn Robbins Holdings (CRHC) that will see the business list as the biggest lottery incumbent of the NYSE.  Publishing its consolidated H1 Interim trading report, Allwyn (formerly SAZKA Group) registered first-half 2022 gross gaming revenues of €1.77bn. The outcome reflected a …

The future of the UK National Lottery remains uncertain but Allwyn appears confident that it will emerge victorious from the bidding process, as CEO Robert Chvatal outlined the firm’s ambitions to The Times. Allwyn was named as the preferred candidate for the fourth UK National Lottery licence in March, fending off stern competition from a number of rival bidders including the current incumbent, Camelot. However, that decision sparked a …

Allwyn Entertainment and Cohn Robbins Holding Corp (CHRC) have moved forward with their merger plans, which would result in the former securing a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ‘declared effective’ Allwyn’s submission of a registration statement in connection with the amalgamation, which the respective first parties first outlined plans …