Posts tagged: 888 Holdings
Monday, 4 December 2023, 8:26 am
Shares in 888 Holdings have leapt more than 10pc this morning following Oliver Gill's scoop in The Sunday Times this morning about a secret takeover bid from Playtech in July pitched at 156p a share.
Hat tip to the intrepid hack for digging that scoop out - for reasons I won't go into now it's getting harder and harder these days for business reporters to find genuine scoops of that ilk. Below is a link to Olly's piece:..
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Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 10:38 am
Dominic Walsh, the country's leading leisure reporter who works for The Times, is reporting William Hill's betting shops are set to be sold to 888 Holdings for about £2 billion by Caesars. Below is his tweet:
EXCLUSIVE: 888 Holdings wins William Hill auction with £2 billion-plus bid, beating Apollo to the line. Story to follow on @TimesBusiness shortly..
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Monday, 25 July 2016, 8:09 am
Oh look - gaming companies Rank, 888 Holdings and William Hill have all finally confirmed my tale in this weekend's The Sunday Times about how Rank and 888 have been talking about merging with a view to then combining with William Hill.
Here are links to the announcements on the RNS:..
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