Paddy Power expects tech benefit from merger

Hundreds of job cuts are in the pipeline

Paddy Power, head of communications, Paddy Power Fergal Phillips

Bookmaker Paddy Power has said that it expects to see the first technology benefits of its merger with Betfair in the early summer.

The merger between the two betting firms, which will give rise to hundreds of job cuts, closed earlier this year.

“We are into the integration phase at the moment. We are into some difficult waters at the moment, but in a few months it will kick on again,” Paddy Power, ...