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Overview

  • Integration of Centrebet proceeding well and in line with expectations
  • EBITDA for the year up 11% to £51.4m
  • Amounts wagered up 4% year on year to £2,054m with NGR up 1%
  • Amounts wagered online in Australia up 62%
  • In:play continues to perform strongly – now 67% of European amounts wagered (2010: 61%) at an industry leading margin of 9.7%
  • Final dividend of 1.1p making a total of 1.7p (2010: 1.6p)
  • Solid start to new financial year: NGR up 17% in first two months


Financial highlights for the year

  2011 2010
Amounts wagered 2,053.9 1,971.3
Net gaming revenue 206.3 207.5
EBITDA** 51.4 46.5
Adjusted operating profit** 38.1 35.4
Group operating profit 24.4 7.1
Adjusted diluted EPS** (p) 6.3 6.2
Diluted EPS (p) 3.9 0.7

* Excluding discontinued territories and at constant currency

** Adjusted to exclude exceptional items of £10.8m (2010: £24.5m), share option charge and amortisation of
    other intangible assets



Gross Gaming Revenue by Product - 2011

Gross Gaming Revenue by Product - Chart
  2011 2010
  Sports 71% 69%
  Casino and games 21% 21%
  Poker 8% 10%

Sports Revenue Breakdown - 2011

Gross Gaming Revenue by Product - Chart
  2011 2010
  Football 58.7% 61.7%
  Aus racing (after tax) 21.5% 15.9%
  Other 6.5% 9.2%
  Tennis 4.4% 4.4%
  Basketball 4.2% 3.3%
  Multiples 3.8% 4.5%
  Horseracing 0.9% 1.0%

NGR by domain - 2011

Gross Gaming Revenue by Product - Chart
  2011 2010
  Turkey 22.4% 17.6%
  Australia 17.9% 15.5%
  Greece 14.2% 18.2%
  Spain 13.2% 14.9%
  Other Europe 6.9% 10.3%
  Emerging markets 5.1% 3.2%
  Germany 4.8% 3.2%
  UK 4.5% 4.7%
  Poland 3.6% 4.7%
  Czech Republic 3.1% 3.2%
  Bulgaria 2.8% 2.8%
  Scandinavia 1.5% 3.3%