So megamergers are really all the rage. Following Amaya’s jaw dropping $4.9bn acquisition of PokerStars, we have GTECH’s $6.4bn purchase of IGT and Scientific Games’ $5.1bn acquisition of Bally Technologies to consider.
That comes to a total of $16.4bn. That is a lot of money. It seems bizarre to be sitting here considering the implications of three megamergers at a time when the company formerly known as the biggest in online gaming [...]