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Ladbrokes's Profit Dips As Punters Head Offshore,
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Ladbrokes, one of the largest bookies in the UK and Ireland, announced a sharp
fall in its pre-tax profits for the first half of 2008, which it has blamed
in large part on the defection of its wealthier punters to offshore bookies.
The news came to light via the publication of the company's Interim
June Report, which detailed a pre-tax profit of GBP126.7mn, compared to that
of the GBP154.4mn generated during the same period in 2007 - despite over GBP8.8bn
being staked by punters during this time.
Ladbrokes has attributed this summer's loss to two causes in particular - the
first being the loss of custom from so-called 'high rollers,' or those who bet
large sums on single bets over the telephone, to rival bookmakers located in
offshore jurisdictions with specialist gambling and online gaming legislation,
of which Gibraltar is a notable example.
During the first half, just GBP40mn was staked by these high rollers with Ladbrokes
- a 30% fall compared with the first half of 2007 - despite the period coinciding
with some major sporting events, such as the Euro 2008 soccer championships
and Royal Ascot. The number of unique customers also fell, by 7,200 to 90,200.
"Activity from these people is very low," noted chief executive Christopher
Bell.
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