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Cherry snaps up NorgesSpill.com and affiliate marketing business

Sweden’s Cherry has strengthened its marketing business with the acquisition of Malta-based affiliate company Moorgate Media, while bolstering its customer-facing operations with the purchase of the NorgesSpill.com gaming site.

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Clarion acquires gaming interests of Electric Word

London-listed Electric Word has announced the sale of its gaming interests to event organiser Clarion.

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Lithuania

OEG finalises acquisition of Lithuanian sports betting operator

Eastern European gaming operator Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) has completed its acquisition of Lithuanian sports betting operator UAB Orakulas for an undisclosed sum.

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Paddy Power Betfair merger to complete in Q1 after CMA approval

Paddy Power’s merger with Betfair is set to be finalised in the first quarter of next year after the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved the deal Thursday.

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Ladbrokes & Coral ask competition authority to fast-track merger investigation

British bookmakers Ladbrokes and Coral have asked the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) to fast track an investigation into the their merger after the authority began phase one of the process.

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GVC’s acquisition of bwin.party expected to complete in early February

London-listed online gaming operator GVC Holdings has moved a step closer to acquiring bwin.party digital entertainment after both companies secured shareholder approval to complete the deal.

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Netherlands

Dutch lottery merger to go ahead after Competition Authority approval

The merger of the Netherlands’ Staatsloterij and De Lotto owner Sichting Nationale Sporttotalisator (SNS) looks set to go ahead after the country’s Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) ruled that the deal would have only a limited effect on the country’s gaming market.

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Soulja Boy’s WPFH acquires poker software provider RealDeck for $15m

World Poker Fund Holdings (WPFH), the poker and entertainment business backed by rapper Soulja Boy, has moved into the B2B sector with the acquisition of gaming technology company RealDeck Inc.

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Contagious Gaming completes acquisition of sportsbook supplier Digitote

Gaming software supplier Contagious Gaming has completed its acquisition of German sports betting solutions provider Digitote, with the price potentially rising to €5m following a four-year earn-out.

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Olympic Entertainment acquires Latvian casino operator Garkalns

Eastern European land-based gaming operator Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) has expanded its operations in Latvia with the acquisition of casino operator SIA Garkalns.

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Ladbrokes shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favour of Coral merger

Ladbrokes’ proposed merger with Coral has moved a step closer after the London-listed operator’s shareholders voted almost unanimously in favour of the deal at the company's General Meeting today (November 24th).

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Playtech

Playtech suffers fresh setback with Ava Trade sale cancellation

Shares in Playtech fell by almost 9 per cent Monday after the company confirmed that shareholders of Ava Trade have terminated the agreement relating to Playtech's acquisition of the company, as a result of the earlier collapse of the Plus500 acquisition.

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