23 December, 2024 | JAN FEB 2025

Taking stock: The final count of 2024

Gambling Insider tracks operator and supplier prices of some of the trending names in industry news in 2024. Stock prices are taken across a six-month period (July 2024 to December 2024) – and from the close of the first available date of the month.

Entain 

- Six-month high - December (805.80 GBP)

- Six-month low - August (555.00 GBP)

- Market capitalisation - US$6.57bn (as of December 4 2024)

Entain announced the conclusion of a strategic review by the Board’s Capital Allocation Committee (CapCo) in May, which evaluated its portfolio of markets, brands and verticals. 

Flutter Entertainment 

- Six-month high - December (278.00 USD)

- Six-month low - July (186.31 USD)

- Market ca­­­pitalisation - US$50.32bn (as of December 4 2024)

Flutter started trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in January, which then became its primary listing in May.

DraftKings

- Six-month high - December (43.93 USD)

- Six-month low - September (33.65 USD)

- Market capitalisation - US$21.44bn (as of December 4 2024)

In August, DraftKings announced an agreement to acquire Simplebet, a provider of in-play micro market betting content and pricing, with Simplebet’s machine-learning models integrated into DraftKings’ existing platform.

The Star Entertainment Group

- Six-month high - August (0.58 AUD) - Six-month low - December (0.21 AUD)

- Market capitalisation - US$386.68m (as of December 4 2024)

The Star Entertainment was suspended from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), for a period in September, owing to its failure to lodge financial results by the required deadline.

Evolution

- Six-month high - July (1,105.50 SEK)

- Six-month low - December (941.80 SEK)

- Market capitalisation - US$17.74bn (as of December 4 2024)

Evolution agreed to acquire Galaxy Gaming in July as part of its strategy to supply customers with gaming content and strengthen its presence in the US market.

Kambi Group

- Six-month high - November (135.90 SEK)

- Six-month low - December (102.30 SEK)

- Market capitalisation - US$0.27bn (as of December 4 2024)

 Kambi signed its first major Odds Feed+ partnership in October, with Hard Rock Digital. 

Aristocrat Leisure 

- Six-month high - December (68.19 AUD)

- Six-month low - July (50.04 AUD)

- Market capitalisation - US$27.95bn (as of December 4 2024)

Aristocrat obtained a preliminary injunction against Light & Wonder in September related to the infringement of its intellectual property in connection with Light & Wonder’s Dragon Train game.

Sportradar

- Six-month high - December (17.28 USD) - Six-month low - August (10.73 USD)

- Market capitalisation - US$5.15bn (as of December 4 2024)

In July, Sportradar integrated live sports data and betting content into its ad:s paid social marketing service.

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