flutter entertainment plc said tuesday that it booked a pretax loss for 2021 after incurring a 543 million pounds 7284 million charge for noncash amortization from acquired intangibles the ftse 100 gambling and betting group said pretax loss for 2021 was gbp288 million compared with a profit of gbp1 million for 2020 revenue for the year was gbp604 billion compared with gbp441 billion in 2020 earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization excluding the us was gbp124 billion at its thirdquarter update in november flutter said excluding its us business it expected adjusted earnings for 2021 to be between gbp124 billion and gbp128 billion for the first seven weeks of 2022 performance has been in line with expectations with revenue up 2 on year reflecting strong comparatives it said revenue growth is expected to accelerate as 2022 progresses assuming a normal run of sports results and reflecting phasing of sports margin comparables and safer gambling measures taken in 2021