Gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc (BPTY.L), at the center of a takeover battle between its rivals, said GVC Holdings Plc (GVC.L) had offered to buy it in a cash and stock deal valued at 908 million pounds ($1.4 billion).
Read More . . .Portugal's controversial new online gambling tax came into force at the end of June, prompting a number of online gaming providers to exit the country.
Read More . . .Paddy Power was wrong as 61 percent of the Greek population overwhelmingly voted "no" for austerity.
Read More . . .Last Tuesday our scandal-plagued senators recessed for the summer and with a fall election looming, will not meet again until we have a new government.
Read More . . .Paddy Power Plc said it was left "red-faced" after paying out early to gamblers who incorrectly bet that Greek voters would back an austerity referendum. Ireland's biggest bookmaker "paid out five figures" in winnings on July 1.
Read More . . .More than five years after the legalization of sports betting was officially discussed for the first time, Vietnam's government is still struggling to finalize a draft decree aiming to regulate the business.
Read More . . .Ladbrokes looks set to retain ownership of its Irish business after its rescue plan for the division is said to be favoured over a bid from rival operator Boylesports.
Read More . . .The prospect of single game sports betting in Canada is dead for the moment.
Read More . . .Mr Green has become the latest online operator to have been granted a local gaming licence by the UK Gambling Commission.
Read More . . .Essendon had become the latest club in the Australian Football League (AFL) Aussie rules competition to turn its back on commercial partnerships with betting companies.
Read More . . .Betsson has struck a deal to acquire Georgia-based, privately owned gaming operator Europe-Bet for a total purchase consideration of $85 million (€76.5 million).
Read More . . .Greece will probably keep the euro in 2015, according to odds from bookmakers including Paddy Power Plc, even as one firm suspended gambling on the nation's fate.
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