Better Understanding the GVC / Ladbrokes Coral Tie-Up Go back to Blog Now that the mainstream-media dust has settled, it’s time to take a look inside the merger announced last week between GVC Holdings and Ladbrokes Coral, which when complete…
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William Hill, NYX Gaming Poised for Legal Duel Over Sale to Scientific Games Go back to Blog Venerable bookmaker William Hill is set to enter a legal battle with industry software provider NYX Gaming over NYX’s corporate plans to be…
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Euro Daily Fantasy Sports Future Muddled After American Anti-Monopoly Edict Go back to Blog The future of daily fantasy sports (DFS) in Europe has been muddled by a US legal decision in recent days ordering the world’s two largest DFS…
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Ladbrokes Coral, GVC Merger Talks Fall Through Go back to Blog Merger mania continues to engulf the gambling industry, with the latest news being the collapse of a reverse takeover planned by GVC Holdings that would have engulfed the larger…
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William Hill, Amaya to Pursue Separate Opportunities After Merger Talks Collapse Go back to Blog Leading sportsbook William Hill and online-poker giant Amaya (the parent company of PokerStars), have rapidly spun away on separate trajectories after merger talks between the…
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Talks Continue in Complicated William Hill, Amaya Merger Situation Go back to Blog Consolidation continues in the online gambling and sports-betting markets with the latest batch of speculation surrounding the on-again-off-again “merger of equals” William Hill and Amaya Gaming. The…
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Paddy Power Betfair Posts Revenue Spike in 2016 First-Half Results Go back to Blog Newly-merged sports betting entity Paddy Power Betfair has posted strong financial results for the first half of 2016, according to recently released corporate financials. The sharp…
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Rank, 888 Consider Merger as Joint William Hill Takeover Bid Collapses Go back to Blog Rank Group PLC and 888 Holdings PLC, who together assembled a pair of joint bids for UK bookmaking giant bid William Hill that were quickly rebuffed…
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Ladbrokes-Coral Merger Receives Conditional CMA Approval Go back to Blog The massive merger planned between Ladbrokes and Gala Coral that promises to reshape the UK and Europe-wide betting scenes has received a provisional approval from the UK’s CMA (Competition &…
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Ladbrokes Coral Merger Delayed as Regulators Considering Ordering Shop Selloff Go back to Blog A slight but not wholly unexpected delay has occurred in the ongoing merger process between UK giant gambling firms Ladbrokes and Gala Coral, with the combined…
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