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    The billionaire brothers who founded Betfred have shared a bumper payday after the betting giant raked in almost £1.5bn. The Warrington-headquartered business has posted a turnover of £1.45bn for the 78 weeks to 30 March, 2025. New accounts filed with Companies House also show Betfred made a pre-tax profit of £188.6m over the same period. [...]

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    October 28, 2025

    The betting sector is “scaremongering” over the potential damage of a tax raid on gambling, according to the retired co-founder of Paddy Power, who said he had led similar industry warnings of job losses and store closures before other mooted tax changes. Stewart Kenny, who served as chairman and chief executive at the Irish gambling [...]

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    Betfred shops could vanish from UK high streets if Chancellor Rachel Reeves carries out a potential tax raid in the November budget, the company’s co-founder and chairman has warned. Fred Done, who founded the business in 1967 with his brother, hailed tax rises as the “biggest threat” to the industry he has seen in his [...]

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    July 18, 2025

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