The Bernard Tapie Groupe looks well placed to complete its agreement to buy Full Tilt Poker this week.
Tapie and the owners of Full Tilt agreed to extend their deadline for completion until this Friday (March 16th) to allow for further due diligence and sources on both sides are confident that [...]
Shuffle Master Inc. confirmed Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with bwin.party to purchase the Ongame poker network for a total consideration of up to €29.5m.
U.S racetrack operator Churchill Downs Inc (CDI) has signed a new joint venture agreement with Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, under which the two companies will acquire Ohio-based racing track Lebanon Raceway and develop a new video lottery terminal (VLT) facility.
Experian has completed the acquisition of leading UK-based online identity verification business, 192business Limited, following a decision by the Office of Fair Trading not to refer the deal to the Competition Commission.
Sweden’s Unibet Group plc has completed the acquisition of Australian independent bookmaker Betchoice, following approval from the Northern Territory Racing Commission.
Italian gaming operator SNAI has withdrawn from its proposed €140m acquisition of rival Cogetech following the recent Corte dei Conti ruling against the two companies and seven other video lottery terminal (VLT) concession holders.
SNAI entered into an agreement in January to purchase at least 96 per cent of Cogetech (Cogemat [...]
Sweden’s Cherryföretagen AB has taken over the full ownership of its Mediterranean maritime gaming subsidiary Cherry Services Ltd (Cyprus), following the resignation of the company’s CEO and co-owner Joseph Vasquez Jr.
Bally Technologies has acquired the B2B online gaming platform and business of Malta-based Chiligaming for an undisclosed amount.
Chiligaming founder and CEO Alexandre Dreyfus will join Bally along with his team of 20 but the company’s B2C business will continue to operate separately under the Chilipoker and Chilicasino brands.
Bally’s business development [...]
Astra Games Limited, a UK-based wholly owned subsidiary of Austrian gaming giant Novomatic, confirmed Thursday that the company is in discussions with Danoptra to acquire certain key assets including Bell Fruit Games, Gamestec, Mazooma Interactive Games and RLMS, as it looks to create a leading presence in the UK gaming [...]
U.S racetrack operator Churchill Downs Inc (CDI) has acquired Bluff Media, owner of the poker periodical Bluff Magazine and online poker database ThePokerDB, as part of the company’s strategy to explore new business avenues ahead of any potential liberalisation of the U.S online poker market.
Sweden’s Unibet Group plc has made its first move into the regulated Australian online sports betting market through the acquisition of independent bookmaker Betchoice for an initial AUD$20m.
Having ended a three year losing streak with a return to profit in the third quarter of 2011, online casino games supplier CryptoLogic looks set to continue its resurgence as a part of Amaya Gaming Group.
The company said Thursday that it will recommend that shareholders accept the US$2.535 per share [...]