Evoke shelled out an additional £46million in gaming duties in the first half of 2026, most of which stemmed from Britain following the Government’s tax raid last autumn.
That piled pressure on earnings as the William Hill owner reported adjusted Ebitda of £150.2million for the six months to June, down 9.5 per cent from a year earlier.
It said the ‘most significant change’ had been the increase in gambling taxes in its core markets, notably the UK, as well as in Romania and Italy.
Remote gaming duty in the UK rose from 21 per cent to 40 per cent from April.
Evoke has been hit
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