Paddy Power owner Flutter hands staff £14m Gambling giant Flutter Entertainment is set to give 14,000 staff a £1,000 bonus as a result of their work during the pandemic. The Paddy Power owner saw profit slide 70 per cent after major sports events were cancelled amid the pandemic. Chief executive Peter Jackson said “maybe we are all bookmakers at heart [and] there is a degree of risk-taking”. Officials have warned members of the sports industry that a crackdown on gambling sponsors is under consideration. Such a move would be a seismic shock for sports clubs, and mark the biggest shake-up in sports advertising since the outlawing of tobacco sponsors.