Updated / Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 17:47 Flutter Entertainment said the Covid-19 restrictions are impacting its retail business in Ireland and the UK Full year earnings at Paddy Power, Betfair and Poker Stars owner Flutter Entertainment rose by 23%, as it kept its leading position in a booming US market that it said could grow to twice the size previously estimated. The world's largest online betting group reported full-year 2020 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £1.4 billion. This was ahead of the £1.275-1.350 billion range it had forecast in November. That excluded an EBITDA loss of £170m in the US, the next big growth market for sports betting, where it merged with The Stars Group (TSG) last May and increased its holding in its US FanDuel brand in November.