Issuing a trading update for the six months to June 30, GVC Holdings, the betting and gaming group that includes the PartyCasino and bwin.party brands, reported a 10 per cent rise in group net gaming revenue, to €484.8m.

Strong H1 for GVC

Group daily NGR was also up 10 per cent in H1 compared with the same period in 2016. Growth in Q2 daily NGR was also strong, rising eight per cent year on year (10 per cent, constant currency).

Excluding the uplift from the Euro 2016 tournament, underlying group NGR for Q2 was up 15 per cent.

Group CEO Kenneth Alexander said: "The group continues to perform well with positive momentum across our core businesses.

“Achieving Q2 constant-currency NGR growth of 10 per cent in the absence of a major football tournament is particularly pleasing.”