Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Taiwan bank offers US$100 million loan to Donaco

March 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Asian Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Vietnam

Donaco, an Asian casino operator has obtained a US$100 million loan from a major bank in Taiwan. The loan is for the acquisition of the Star Vegas International Resort and Casino in Cambodia and the considerati...

Novomatic / Greentube acquire AbZorba

Bernard Richter

March 15, 2015

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mobile gaming, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Internet casino game and software developer, Greentube, which was recently acquired by Novomatic, has acquired "AbZorba Games," another game developer focused primarily on mobile, social gaming, expanding Novom...

Goa India based Casino Pride coming to Nepal

Lars Jones

March 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, World Casino News, Casino openings, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Nepal

A third casino operation has gained approval under the new casino regulations which shut down Nepal casinos last year. Goa Coastal Resorts, owners and operators of the Pride Group of Casinos and Hotels in India...

Gaming and Leisure tries again for Pinnacle real estate assets

Lars Jones

March 10, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News, Colorado, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Indiana

After an initial offer to purchase Pinnacle real estate assets in January, Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., has offered another proposal totaling $4.1 billion. The companies failed to come to terms of eng...

Trump name to remain on Taj Mahal casino

Sadonna Price

March 9, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New Jersey

Donald Trump worked hard to see his name removed from the struggling Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey going as far as filing a lawsuit. However on Monday he struck a deal with billionaire inv...

Sun International merges Latin operations, eyes Asia

Lars Jones

March 5, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, South Africa, Chile, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Philippines, South Korea

Sun International owns and operates dozens of casinos in Africa and South Africa including Sun City Casino Resort, as well as The Monticello Grand Casino in Chile. It was recently announced that they would merg...

Olympic Group acquires two casinos from Estonia’s Casino Cleopatra OÜ

Bernard Richter

March 5, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Estonia, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

OEG group company Olympic Casino Eesti AS has acquired business activity of operating two casinos from the Estonian casino operator Casino Cleopatra OÜ that increases the number of casinos OEG owns in Eston...

Atlantic City Revel deal unraveling?

Lars Jones

March 3, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., World Casino News, North America Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

A week ago it was announced that a deal had been put together between the bankrupt Revel AC and Florida developer Glenn Straub's Polo North Country Club to transfer the $2.4 billion property for the sum of $82 ...

Caesars sells Ohio Horseshoe casinos to Rock Gaming

Bernard Richter

March 2, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Financial Press Releases

Caesars, a faltering giant in the gambling industry who filed bankruptcy in January, has sold ownership stakes in all of its casinos located in Ohio, to Rock Gaming. While Caesars will still operate the brands...

Thunderbird Resorts sells off Costa Rica arm of casinos

Bernard Richter

February 28, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Central & South America Gaming, Gaming Industry News, Costa Rica, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2015 COSTA RICA OPERATIONS SOLDAND JANUARY 2015 REVENUE REPORT Thunderbird Resorts Inc. (“Thunderbird” or “Group”) (Euronext Amsterdam: TBIRD and FSE: 4TR) Costa Ri...

GTECH S.p.A. emerges from acquisition as International Game Technology PLC (IGT)

Bernard Richter

February 26, 2015

Online gaming software, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

ROME and PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- GTECH S.p.A. today announced that upon completion of its acquisition of International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), the combined entities will be branded...

IGT and GTech approve Merger agreement

Bernard Richter

February 11, 2015

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology ("IGT") announced that at a special meeting of its shareholders held today, IGT shareholders approved the previously announced Agreement an...

GTECH to Acquire International Game Technology (IGT)

Lars Jones

July 16, 2014

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Peeling the Onion, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Online Gambling News, Indepth / Featured Articles, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

From it's humble beginnings in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to its acquisition by Italian lottery giant, Lottomatica in 2006, to a planned merger announced today with International Game Technology (IGT) GTECH ...

GTech Acquires Finsoft Limited – 2007

Lars Jones

January 22, 2013

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Indepth / Featured Articles, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

On July 2, 2007, Lottomatica S.p.A. announced that it's subsidiary GTECH Sports Betting Solutions Limited had completed the acquisition of Finsoft Limited. Finsoft was founded in 1995 but we find their first a...

Boss Media Acquires Dynamite Idea – 2008

Lars Jones

January 22, 2013

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

As we continue to peel the onion and establish ownership and relationships among the biggest players in the gambling industry we note that Dynamite Idea (Dynamite Design and Marketing Limited) was founded in 19...