The online gambling industry has seen an increase of mergers and acquisitions in recent years. This has been caused by a number of factors including saturation of the market, consolidation in fragmented markets, the repeal of PASPA in the U.S. and a greater desire for economies of scale. Below is a list of notable deals.
2025
Flutter Entertainment acquired NSX Group CasinoRIX acquired Innovate Change
2024
LeoVegas (MGM) acquired Tipico Hard Rock Digital acquired Evoke's U.S. consumer-facing assets Boyd Gaming acquired Resorts Digital by Resorts Atlantic City Flutter Entertainment acquired Snaitech
2023
Dave Portnoy acquires Barstool Sports from Penn Entertainment betFIRST acquired by Betsson Penn Entertainment acquires Barstool Sports Flutter acquires MaxBet Entain CEE (Entain + Emma Capital) acquired STS Holding for £750m
2022
William Hill International acquired by 888 Supergroup (Betway) merges with Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corporation LeoVegas acquired by MGM
2021
William Hill acquired by Caesars Entertainment Entain acquires Enlabs
2020
Zecure Gaming Limited, the B2C subsidiary of Gaming Innovation Group acquired by Betsson Bet.pt acquired by GVC Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment, retain Caesars Entertainment name. The Stars Group (including Sky Betting & Gaming) acquired by Flutter SBTech acquired by Draftkings Evolution Acquiring NetEnt
2019
CG Technology acquired by William Hill Stride Gaming acquired by Rank Group Costa Bingo, City Bingo and Sing Bingo acquired by 888 Betbright acquired by 888 Adjarabet acquired by Flutter Mr Green acquired by William Hill
2018
Neds.com.au (Australia) acquired by GVC FanDuel acquired by Paddy Power Betfair Sky Bet acquired by The Stars Group Ladbrokes Coral acquired by GVC Crystalbet acquired by GVC William Hill Australia acquired by The Stars Group Crownbet acquired by The Stars Group IPS acquired by LeoVegas
2017
Tabcorp merger with Tatts Group Mondogoal acquired by Global Daily Fantasy Sports Royal Panda acquired by LeoVegas NYX acquired by Scientific Games Forbet acquired by Fortuna Winga.it acquired by LeoVegas RCS Gaming (gazzabet.it) acquired by Sportpesa Football Pools acquired by OpCapita Touchbet acquired by Sporting Index NetplayTV acquired by Betsson Premier Casino acquired by Betsson 32Red acquired by Kindred Group Dansk Underholding Limited acquired by Mr Green Draft acquired by Paddy Power Betfair Hattrick Sports Group acquired by Fortuna
2016
Betfair merged with Paddy Power (now Flutter Entertainment) Ladbrokes merged with Gala Coral (now Ladbrokes Coral) Bwin Party acquired by GVC Sisal acquired by CVC Capital Partners Tipico (majority stake) acquired by CVC Capital Partners Best Gaming Technology (BGT) acquired by Playtech Grand Parade acquired by William Hill SBAT acquired by Catena Media Open Bet acquired by NYX Gaming Inspired Gaming acquired by Hydra Industries (renamed Inspired Entertainment Inc) TonyBet acquired by Betsson
2015
Sky Betting and Gaming (majority stake) acquired by CVC Capital Partners International Game Technology acquired by GTECH (later renamed IGT) Chartwell and Cryptologic (sold by Amaya) acquired by NYX Gaming HRTV (now TVG2) acquired by Betfair Stan James acquired by Unibet Gala Bingo (sold by Gala Coral) acquired by Caledonia Investments plc iGame Group acquired by Unibet Yoyo Games acquired by Playtech
2014
Rational Group (PokerStars) acquired by Amaya Probability Plc acquired by GTECH Betstar acquired by Ladbrokes Oranje Casino and Kroon Casino acquired by Betsson
2013
Betdaq acquired by Ladbrokes Gaming Investments (Bookmaker.com.au) acquired by Ladbrokes Tom Waterhouse acquired by William Hill Centrebet and Sportingbet (Australia) acquired by William Hill Sportingbet acquired by GVC. Blue Square acquired by Betfair Gala Casinos acquired by Rank Group
2012
American Wagering Inc acquired by William Hill Cryptologic acquired by Amaya Nordic Betting (Bet24) acquired by Unibet Ongame (sold by Bwin) acquired by Amaya
2011
PartyGaming merged with Bwin (to create Bwin.Party) Centrebet acquired by Sportingbet Betsafe acquired by Betsson Cayetano acquired by Paddy Power
2010
Sportsbet.com.au acquired by Paddy Power Virtue Fusion acquired by Playtech
2009
TVG acquired by Betfair World Poker Tour (WPT) acquired by Party Poker
2008
Betterbet.com acquired by Stan James
2007 Oddschecker acquired by BSkyB (now Sky Betting and Gaming) Sponsio acquired by Ladbrokes Maria Holdings acquired by Unibet
2006 Bowmans.com acquired by Bet365 GTECH acquired by Lottomatica (later renamed GTECH) Timeform acquired by Betfair
2005 Gala merged with Coral Eurobet (to create Gala Coral) PokerChamps.com acquired by Betfair Ongame acquired by Bwin
2004
Casino Club acquired by GVC
2003 Blue Square acquired by Rank
2001 Flutter.com merged with Betfair
2000 Sports Internet Group acquired by BSkyB (now Sky Betting and Gaming)
See also List of largest mergers and acquisitions :Category:Gambling companies of the United Kingdom :Category:Mergers and acquisitions
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