FDJ United reported €925m in revenue for the three months to 31 March 2025, up 30% overall but down 1% on a comparable basis after its Kindred acquisition. The company attributed the like-for-like decline to higher Dutch taxes and regulatory burdens, alongside UK responsible gambling reforms; online revenue fell 10% to €231m.
Higher Dutch taxes, regulatory burdens and UK reforms weighed on comparable and online revenue.
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FDJ United is continuing to migrate online betting and gaming operations to its own technology, CEO Stéphane Pallez said during the company’s FY25 earnings call. The group has deployed its sportsbook platform in Romania, the UK and Estonia, while France’s remaining major step is migration to Kindred’s player-account platform; Pallez said that move would take place in coming years.
FDJ United reported first-half revenue of almost €1.8 billion, down 4.5% year on year, and attributed the decline partly to higher gaming taxes in some markets. The company said UK and Netherlands headwinds weighed on results; excluding those markets, gross gaming revenue would have risen 6.6% and revenue 0.6%. FDJ United also said it would review its online betting and gaming market portfolio and non-core payment and services assets.
Unibet’s Dutch revenue fell 41% in Q1 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, FDJ UNITED said. The group attributed the decline to monthly net-deposit limits introduced in October 2024, a gambling-tax increase in January 2025 and weaker sports betting margins; it did not disclose Unibet’s Dutch revenue figure.
The Nationale ombudsman has declared a complaint by CasinoZorgplicht.nl against the Kansspelautoriteit unfounded. The ombudsman confirmed the KSA was entitled to leave the complaint about Unibet's former Trannel operations untreated, though it did not follow the regulator's reasoning. The complaint concerned the sale of Trannel and the handling of data of about 1.5 million Dutch players.
The Nationale ombudsman has declared a complaint by CasinoZorgplicht.nl against the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) unfounded, according to a letter from ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen dated 19 October 2026. The ombudsman confirmed that the KSA was entitled not to consider the complaint, although it did not follow the regulator's reasoning. The complaint concerned the sale of Trannel International and the handling of data of about 1.5 million Dutch players.
The UK’s Prize Competition Council appointed Tom Banks as its inaugural executive director. The council said supporting members’ compliance with the DCMS Code is its immediate priority; its membership has grown from eight to 65 since its creation in July.
The Prize Competition Council has named Tom Banks as its first executive director, according to the UK trade body.