Ladbrokes Looks to Italy to Expand as U.K. Betting Growth Slows

Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Ladbrokes Plc, the world’s biggest publicly traded gambling company by sales, said it will invest 100 million euros ($128 million) in Italian gaming as growth weakens at the company’s U.K. betting division, its main unit.

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Thu, August 24th, 2006

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