Monday, 04 December 2023 8:26 amShares 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. Monday, 18 July 2022 7:56 amSabah Meddings of The Sunday Times business section had a decent haul this weekend. Monday, 31 January 2022 9:25 pmWord reaches Betaville that Nickleby Capital, the little known corporate finance firm that was claiming to advise and finance Eddie Jordan's consortium on its $3 billion tilt at FTSE 250-listed gaming software group Playtech, was hardly involved in the deal. Thursday, 27 January 2022 8:53 amReaders following the complex takeover saga involving FTSE 250-listed gaming software company Playtech might spend a bit time of digesting Alisatir "Acerbic" Osborne's column in The Times this morning. Friday, 21 January 2022 12:08 pmThat's weird: the link to Nickleby's involvement in JKO Play's bid for Playtech no longer takes you to the page where the firm promoted its role in advising and financing Eddie Jordan's consortium. Friday, 21 January 2022 8:01 amSo, it turns out news of Nickleby's involvement with Eddie Jourdan's tilt at Playtech was bearish after all! Thursday, 20 January 2022 10:15 amJKO Play, the investment vehicle led by former Formula One boss Eddie Jordan, has lined up Nickleby Capital to advise and raise the financing for its £2.7 billion plus takeover bid for Playtech. Monday, 29 November 2021 2:25 pmKaren Lo has been buying a multi-million pound stake in Playtech, the online gaming software group currently at the centre of a complex three-way takeover tussle. Friday, 03 March 2017 9:49 amI see one of my favourite ex-Telegraph colleagues, Harry Wilson of The Times, has also noted GVC appears to be preparing for its next major deal by putting debt financing in place. 