Pokerstars blir storspelare efter miljardaffär
Kanadensiska Pokerstars ägare, Stars Group, köper det brittiska bettingbolaget Sky Betting & Gaming i en affär som värderas till 4,7 miljarder dollar, motsvarande nästan 40 miljarder kronor. Det rapporterar flera brittiska medier. Förvärvet innebär att Stars Group blir världens största börsnoterade spelbolag online, skriver Bloomberg.
Majoritetsandelen i Sky Bet ägs av riskkapitalbolaget CVC Capital Partners, medan resten ägs av Sky Plc, som även äger Sky News, samt Sky Bets ledningsgrupp.
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The Stars Group
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The Stars Group Inc. (formerly known as Amaya Inc., Amaya Gaming Group Inc. and Rational Group) is a Canadian gaming and online gambling company traded on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol TSX: TSGI)/(NASDAQ: TSG) and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Sky Betting & Gaming
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Sky Betting & Gaming is a British-based gambling company, majority owned by CVC Capital Partners, with headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire and offices in Sheffield, London, Guernsey, Rome and Germany. Sky Betting & Gaming consists of five core brands: Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Poker and Sky Bingo. It also owns online betting odds comparison site Oddschecker. Sky Betting & Gaming also operates popular, free-to-enter football prediction game Soccer Saturday Super 6 and Sky Sports Fantasy Football.
In 2015, Sky plc sold an 80 percent stake in the company to CVC Capital Partners for £600 million, with Sky retaining a 20% stake in the company and agreeing to a long-term licence of the Sky brand. In 2018, CVC and Sky agreed to sell Sky Bet to The Stars Group for £3.4 billion.
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