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UK competition update: CMA remittal final report—divestiture to unwind Spreadex/Sporting Index; FIS/TSYS Phase 1; CAT dismisses Yew Freight; Kelkoo partial withdrawal (19 September 2025)

Published on: 19 September 2025

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CMA publishes final remittal report on Spreadex/Sporting Index deal; completed deal now fully reversed

The CMA has released its remittal final report and related determinations arising from its phase 2 review of Spreadex Limited’s (Spreadex) completed purchase of the B2C business of Sporting Index Limited (Sporting Index). Both Spreadex and Sporting Index offer UK customers fixed-odds betting and sports spread betting. Spreadex additionally operates in financial spread betting and in casino betting. They remain the sole providers of licensed online sports spread betting in the market, and the CMA concluded that residual competitive pressure on the parties post-merger outside that market segment—whether from unlicensed sports spread betting operators, financial spread betting firms, or fixed-odds sports betting providers)—are weak according to its assessment...

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