Tuesday, 07 September 2021 10:38 amDominic 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.
Monday, 05 October 2020 12:15 pmWell, it didn't take long for The Sunday Telegraph's splash story about Fred Done's £2.9 billion counterbid to be quashed.
Sunday, 04 October 2020 12:56 pmThere are plenty of interesting stories in the British Sunday newspaper sections today, including Neil Craven's piece on the billionaire Issa brothers and their purchase of retail stalwart Asda.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 3:45 pmAccording to sources familiar with the matter, investment banks - such as JP Morgan - are said to have put in place a big debt financing package for GVC to use as funds for major M&A tansaction. Some sources claimed GVC is interested in some kind of tie-up with Playtech, the gambling software and services company founded by entrepreneur Teddy Sagi. According to one source, GVC could be interested in a reverse merger deal that would value Playtech at £11.10 a share.
Tuesday, 14 February 2017 2:14 pmThe final result wasn't quite how I predicted on Tip TV yesterday (Allergan ended up buying Zeltiq Aesthetics rather than Cynosure) but I would like to think I wasn't far from the mark!
Wednesday, 08 February 2017 6:47 amNow, readers might recall I broke the story about 888 and Rank coming together to instigate a three-way merger with William Hill in The Sunday Times last summer. In case you don't recall here is a link to that piece:
Monday, 15 August 2016 4:40 pmThe lads and ladettes over at FT Alphaville may have knocked off for the week but little old Betaville continues unabated. So, here is today's Tip TV session.
Monday, 15 August 2016 2:51 pmI see Rank, 888 Holdings and William Hill have all effectively confirmed my tale from the weekend in the Mail on Sunday and on Betaville yesterday that the "consortium" was planning to raise its indicative offer for the bookie.
Sunday, 14 August 2016 6:02 pmBasically, top sources told at the end of the last week me Rank and 888 is preparing to submit a revised takeover proposal of 385p a share for William Hill to facilitate the three way merger. I understand the new indicative offer may - and I mean may - even come as early as tomorrow and could be made public.
Tuesday, 09 August 2016 6:53 pmI must say this William Hill situation really has thrown up some quite bizarre behaviour by "people close to the situation".
Monday, 08 August 2016 12:45 pmAfter almost two years of trying the mercurial Zak Mir finally gets my official job title right. Click on the link below to witness it - and also a bit of analysis on the IHG story.
