Stars dodges William Hill to revel in SkyBet coup

They’ve only gone and done it again. The remarkable history of this remarkable company continues. The Stars Group’s $4.7 billion acquisition of Sky Betting & Gaming took just about everyone by surprise. Most people thought Stars’ immediate future lay with William Hill, while the only big deal on most people’s horizons for SkyBet was an IPO. More fool us. Expectations of a tie-up with William Hill were mainly driven by the fact that Stars had been denied [...]