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William Hill and GVC complete Sportingbet acquisition

William Hill and GVC Holdings have completed the acquisition of Sportingbet after all of the conditions set out in the Scheme Document became effective Tuesday.

In a statement this afternoon, William Hill said that it had completed the acquisition of Sportingbet's Australian business, and has been granted a call option over [...]

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Rank agrees revised deal to acquire Gala Casinos

Rank Group has entered into a revised conditional agreement to acquire 19 casinos and three non-operating licences from Gala Coral for a total cash consideration of £179m.

The agreement follows a final report published last month by the UK’s Competition Commission, which said that the proposed acquisition would have a negative [...]

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Final bidder drops out of London Capital Group acquisition

Shares in London Capital Group Holdings (LCG) slumped by more than 20 per cent in London yesterday after the company confirmed that there were no longer any parties interested in acquiring the spread betting and CFD provider.

Last month LCG announced that it had received preliminary approaches from three parties [...]

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Perform to pay up to €12.5m for Dutch football site Voetbalzone

Digital sports content provider Perform Group has acquired the leading sports website in the Netherlands, Voetbalzone, in a transaction valued at up to €12.5m.

Voetbalzone attracts an average of two million unique users each month to its coverage of world football and is ranked as the sixth largest sports website by [...]

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Ladbrokes completes €30m betting exchange acquisition

Britain’s Ladbrokes plc has completed its €30m acquisition of Irish betting exchange operator Betdaq.

Ladbrokes has paid an initial consideration of €30m for Global Betting Exchange Alderney Limited, operator of the Betdaq exchange, and a 10 per cent stake in TBH Guernsey Limited, which provides the technology platform for the betting [...]

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London Capital Group confirms takeover approach

Spread betting and CFD provider London Capital Group (LCG) said Tuesday that it has received preliminary approaches from Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, GAIN Capital Holdings, and City Index Limited regarding a possible acquisition of the company.

In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, the company said that it had noted the [...]

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Skrill completes acquisition of paysafecard.com

Online payment provider Skrill has completed the acquisition of Austrian prepaid payments business paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG.

Skrill, which has acquired the company for a total consideration of up to €140m, said that the deal represented a “hugely significant step forward” for the company as it expands its position as one of [...]

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Inspired sells amusement and leisure division

Inspired Gaming Group has sold its amusement and leisure division for an undisclosed amount in order to focus on its fast growing server-based gaming (SBG) and video lottery terminals (VLTs) business.

The private equity backed management buyout will see Playnation, led by Inspired’s former managing director of Leisure division Adam Hodges, [...]

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SHFL acquires Chinese games developer ProTec

US gaming supplier SHFL entertainment has acquired Chinese interactive games provider ProTec Games as part of the company plans to develop game content specifically for the Asian market.

Based in Qingdao, ProTec Games is a computer-based content provider for casino slot games, table games, and online video games.

The company has [...]

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Scientific Games to acquire WMS in $1.5bn deal

Scientific Games Corporation has agreed to acquire U.S gaming supplier WMS Industries in a deal worth approximately US$1.5bn.

The acquisition, which was announced Thursday, has the approval of the board of directors of both Scientific Games and WMS, and will enable Scientific Games to deliver a broader portfolio of products and [...]

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PokerStars agrees Atlantic Club Casino Hotel acquisition

PokerStars has agreed to acquire The Atlantic Club casino and hotel in Atlantic City for an undisclosed amount, pending the grant of an Interim Casino Authorisation by New Jersey regulators.

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Caesars boosts interactive portfolio with Buffalo acquisition

Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) has said it will continue to pursue acquisition opportunities to strengthen its product portfolio following its acquisition last week of social games developer Buffalo Studios.

Caesars Interactive, the online gaming arm of casino operator Caesars Entertainment, plans to retain 74 full-time employees at Buffalo Studios’ Santa Monica [...]

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