PUNTERS: How Paddy Power's Billion-Euro Bet Changed Gambling Forever

From cheeky high-street bookmaker to billion-dollar business: the incredible story behind Paddy Power’s unstoppable rise.

Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of Paddy Power, is the largest gambling business in the world. The evidence of that success is visible everywhere, from shop fronts and bus shelters to sporting arenas and smartphone screens.

The company’s rise to this point has been rapid, but like any gambler worth their salt, Paddy Power has always succeeded in finding an edge. At the outset, those innovations were modest, like broadcasting international horse racing in its shops or introducing telephone betting. But as the company’s ambition grew, so too did its determination to stay one step ahead of the competition, whatever the cost.

Impeccably researched and informed by dozens of insider interviews, Punters is the incredible story of how an unlikely band of misfits and visionaries bet on the future of the gambling industry and won big. But it’s also the story of how that victory came at an extraordinary cost – to their customers and society at large.