Flutter will not take a punt on The Athletic

Gambling giant’s chief financial officer says acquisition of sports website is something his firm is ‘not pursuing at all’

Peter Jackson, the Flutter chief executive, above, and Jonathan Hill, the chief financial officer, said the company would not be pursuing an acquisition of The Athletic

Flutter’s chief financial officer has confirmed the gambling giant will not be bidding for The Athletic, a sports news site, but this afternoon did not deny that management had assessed the business before making its decision.

Jonathan Hill told the Business Post he was happy to repeat the denial first issued by Peter Jackson, the Flutter chief executive, this morning that the company would not be “pursuing any form of acquisition of that business” following ...