Nils Pratley

  • Culture secretary deserves credit for cutting maximum FOBT stake to £2

    Nils Pratley Opinion t was New Labour, during its brief and bizarre flirtation with “supercasinos” as a tool for urban regeneration, that gave the green light to fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) on the high street. The only generous interpretation is that ministers didn’t know what they doing when they set maximum...
  • GVC and Ladbrokes Coral: David gambles on Goliath

      Nils Pratley on finance | Business Ladbrokes Coral’s bosses will try to sound cheerful about the prospect of being taken over by GVC Holdings, the company behind Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo. But, on the long view, this deal would be a corporate humiliation. Ladbrokes is one of the oldest names in...
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