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<br>Ladbrokes owner Entain repays some furlough after outcry<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/Bet9jaPromotionCodeYOHAIG) |
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<br>Entain, the gaming giant which owns Ladbrokes, is to pay back ₤ 44m of the furlough cash it declared during the pandemic, but keep ₤ 57.5 m.<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig) |
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<br>Carolyn Harris MP called it "absolutely disgraceful" that Entain was not repaying all of it, regardless of skyrocketing earnings.<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig) |
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<br>The group made ₤ 393m in [pre-tax earnings](https://git.burokratgroup.ru/vickyfreeman96) in 2021, up 125% on the year before.<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/AviatorGameOnlineBET9JA) |
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<br>It said the [furlough](https://social.sktorrent.eu/read-blog/52299_unlock-bet9ja-039-s-league-free-bets-the-yohaig-promotion-code-advantage.html) scheme had actually helped to [safeguard](https://git.k8sutv.it.ntnu.no/brodielefanu91) 14,000 jobs, and a "more particular medium-term outlook" made the partial payment possible.<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig) |
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<br>Entain has around 3,000 wagering shops in the UK branded Ladbrokes or Coral - which it needed to close for large parts of 2020 and 2021 because of coronavirus limitations.<br> |
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<br>However, [punters](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV34pN7j-J3AJoD4_c_sAVfg_4qZGeTPR) did not stop wagering, they simply moved online. [Entain's online](https://gitlab.donnees.incubateur.anct.gouv.fr/charmaingoulet) [business](https://gitlab.ujaen.es/fayemessner339) grew rapidly, and helping to push the group's revenues up 8% last year.<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/Bet9jaPromotionCodeYOHAIG) |
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<br>In response to a BBC Newspaper [article](https://osclass-classifieds.a2hosted.com/index.php?page=item&id=320368) in January, Entain to repay the cash it had received under the [furlough](https://bk-house.synology.me3081/dianahaly8341) plan, with former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith stating the business should "immediately hand the cash back to the UK taxpayer".<br> |
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<br>Entain has said formerly that the scenario was "under evaluation". On Thursday, it [revealed](https://music.michaelmknight.com/alenah8037587) that it would return the ₤ 44m it claimed in 2021, but keep the ₤ 57.5 m it [claimed](https://withmaui.com/classifieds/index.php?page=user&action=pub_profile&id=424241) in 2020.<br> |
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<br>Labour MP Carolyn Harris, chair of the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group, said |
