Allwyn Entertainment has cited growth across all core markets as it finalises terms for a transformative SPAC merger with Cohn Robbins Holdings (CRHC) that will see the business list as the biggest lottery incumbent of the NYSE.

Publishing its consolidated H1 Interim trading report, Allwyn (formerly SAZKA Group) registered first-half 2022 gross gaming revenues of €1.77bn [$1.76bn]. The outcome reflected a €513m GGR gain (+41%) on H1 2021’s comparatives of €1.25bn.

Growth in headline GGR signalled the group’s sustained recovery across the core markets of Austria, Czech Rep and Greece and Cyprus.

In Greece, its OPAP subsidiary registered a 60% increase in GGR to €899m (H12021: €561m) reflecting the uninterrupted performance of OPAP’s Greek retail network and continued online growth of Stoiximan assets.