Posts From: August 2025

The NFL is taking a 10% stake in ESPN

ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and the National Football League (NFL) today announced a non-binding agreement under which ESPN will acquire NFL Network and certain other media...

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Boyd Gaming completes sale of FanDuel interest

Boyd Gaming Corporation has announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of the Company’s 5% equity interest in FanDuel Group to Flutter Entertainment plc. Boyd Gaming received cash...

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PointsBet reiterates support for MIXI and rejects betr bid

PointsBet Holdings Limited refers to the unsolicited, conditional off- market all-scrip (share) takeover offer of 3.81 Betr shares for every 1 PointsBet share previously announced by Betr Entertainment Limited (Betr)...

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Polymarket returns to US market with $112 Million exchange acquisition

Polymarket announced that it acquired derivatives exchange QCEX for $112 million on Monday.  The deal allows Polymarket to re-enter the US market, which it left after settling with the CFTC in 2022. The...

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OPAP acquires remaining stake in Stoiximan

OPAP announces the acquisition of the remaining 15.51% stake in Stoiximan for a consideration of €191.6 million on a cash free debt free basis, plus an adjustment for net cash...

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Allwyn offloads assets in Germany and Australia for €105 million

Allwyn International has announced the sale of German and Australian casino assets and the acquisition of the remaining 15.51% minority interest in Stoiximan, the leading online sports betting and iGaming...

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PointsBet receives acquisition offer from betr Entertainment

PointsBet Holdings has received an all-scrip offer from betr Entertainment Limited to acquire all of its ordinary shares. Under this offer, PointsBet shareholders will receive 3.81 betr shares for each...

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DraftKings in talks to acquire prediction market Railbird Exchange

DraftKings is reportedly in talks to buy Railbird, which is a regulated prediction market platform, according to Front Row Sports Exchange. Railbird is based in New York and was founded in 2021...

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Flutter to buy remaining stake in FanDuel for $1.76 billion

Flutter Entertainment has announced a strategic agreement with Boyd Gaming Corporation to acquire Boyd’s 5% stake in FanDuel, securing 100% ownership of the leading US sports betting and iGaming platform....

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MIXI’s takeover of PointsBet gets go-ahead

MIXI’s intended takeover of Australian bookmaker PointsBet has cleared another regulatory hurdle, with authorities offering no objection to the $400 million acquisition by the Japanese company. PointsBet’s business covers both...

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