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Spreadex tells UK court sports-betting deal block was 'irrational'

By Jon Menon ( February 19, 2026, 17:29 GMT | Insight) -- Online gambling company Spreadex accused the UK antitrust regulator of being “irrational” over its block on buying Sporting Index because its analysis relied on a series of hurdles being overcome. The company is at the UK antitrust court for a second time, challenging the Competition and Markets Authority’s move to make it unwind its buyout over monopoly concerns. It told the court that the decision “rests on a highly tenuous chain of reasoning."Online gambling company Spreadex told the UK antitrust court on Thursday that the antitrust regulator had been “irrational” in deciding to block the company's acquisition of rival Sporting Index because its analysis relied on a series of hurdles being overcome....

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