Acknowledgement of AUSTRAC's Statement of Claim

Entain plc, the global sports betting and gaming group, acknowledges that the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ("AUSTRAC"), has today published its Statement of Claim as part of its civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Entain Group Pty Ltd, the Group’s subsidiary in Australia (“Entain Australia”).

As outlined on 16 December 2024, (https://www.entaingroup.com/news-insights/latest-news/2024/acknowledgement-of-austracs-commencement-of-civil-penalty-proceedings/), Entain notes the allegations made in relation to Entain Australia and takes them extremely seriously.

The Statement of Claim published today will take some time to review and any alleged contraventions will be carefully considered.

Entain has co-operated fully with AUSTRAC throughout its investigation, and in December 2022 commenced a programme of further enhancements to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing ("AML and CTF") systems and processes.

Stella David, Interim Chief Executive of Entain, commented:

“We are taking these allegations extremely seriously and continue to fully co-operate with AUSTRAC.

“We also remain focused on continuing to enhance Entain Australia's AML and CTF compliance arrangements. We expect these enhancements to be fully implemented by June 2025, in line with the plan communicated to AUSTRAC.

“We are committed to keeping financial crime out of gambling and continue to play our part in supporting a well-regulated and compliant sector for our customers, stakeholders and the wider community.”

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