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Evoking Sale: £135M Tax Spike Pressures Gambling Giant
12/10/2025
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Story summary
- Evoke, the London-listed gambling company owning William Hill and 888, is considering sale or breakup after a £135 million tax increase.
- Evoke has appointed bankers to explore future options.
- Evoke carries debt of £1.82 billion.
- Evoke faced compliance issues, including an internal anti-money laundering investigation.
- Regulatory fines include a £9.4 million penalty in 2022, and leadership figures have been charged in a bribery investigation.
