Betting stocks fall on US online fears

Shares in leading betting companies which have been pushing into the US market because of tighter regulations in the UK, fell after the US Department of Justice called for wider restrictions on all gambling on the internet.

Paddy Power-Betfair fell by over 2.1% before moderately improving, William Hill shed as much as 3.5% and Ladbrokes-owner GVC was down by nearly 3%.