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Flutter Entertainment's shares stopped trading on the London Stock Exchange at 8am UK time on 3 August 2026, the company confirmed, ending nearly 26 years of LSE presence that began when predecessor Paddy Power floated in 2000. The listing and its admission to trading on the FCA's Official List have both been cancelled. Flutter shares (NYSE: FLUT) now trade exclusively on the New York Stock Exchange.
The move completes a process Flutter first flagged on 12 June 2026 and follows the company's January 2024 debut on the NYSE, where it made New York its primary listing that May. Flutter also dropped its Euronext Dublin listing in 2024. In its filing, Flutter cited the trading volumes on the London market and the "additional costs and regulatory obligations" of keeping a listing few investors were still using.
The timing is unflattering. Flutter's stock has fallen roughly 65% over the past year, from a record closing high near $308 in August 2025 to about $104 by the end of July 2026, according to Casino.org's review of trading data. FanDuel, Flutter's US arm, has cut its 2026 guidance and lost its chief executive, Amy Howe, to a leadership change in May, while pouring money into FanDuel Predicts, its answer to the prediction market operators eating into sportsbook territory.
That contrast is the real story behind the delisting. Flutter is retreating from a second listing just as rivals accelerate into the prediction market fight FanDuel Predicts was built to win. IG Group's move to buy Underdog for up to $1.3 billion, announced days earlier, shows how much capital is chasing the category Flutter is defending on a thinner balance sheet than a year ago.
Flutter's exit adds to a run of departures that have thinned London's listed gambling sector and its broader index of large companies. The company said its US business, still the country's top-ranked online sportsbook operator, remains the growth engine that justified going all in on New York. Shareholders who held LSE-listed stock were converted to NYSE shares automatically; no action was required on their part.
The stock, not the ticker, is the real signal
A delisting is a paperwork event. A 65% collapse in the underlying share price is not. Flutter's next earnings call will tell investors whether FanDuel Predicts is a hedge against prediction markets or the reason its cash is being spent defending ground competitors are only just moving onto.