The owner of Ladbrokes and Coral betting shops as well as bwin and partypoker online brands reported 1% rise in adjusted core profit to about 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion) for the full year ended Dec. 31.

It added that the core profit for 2024 was expected to reduce by about 40 million pounds.

($1 = 0.7850 pounds)

(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)