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Ladbrokes Coral bought by online rival GVC
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22 December 2017
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Gambling huge Ladbrokes Coral has actually accepted be bought by online rival GVC in a deal worth as much as ₤ 4bn.

Under the bet9ja's welcome offer, investors in GVC - which owns the Bwin, Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo brands - will hold 53.5% of the yohaig code combined group.
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Ladbrokes Coral became the UK's most significant High Street bookie following last year's merger of Ladbrokes and Coral.

the yohaig code company has about 3,500 High Street outlets and employs more than 25,000 personnel.
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GVC - which has 2,800 employees - has grown rapidly over the yohaig code last few years through a variety of takeovers, most significantly that of Bwin.party in February last year.

Terminal blues

The final worth of the bet9ja's welcome offer depends on the government's review of video gaming makers known as fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).
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The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said it will cap the size of stakes bettors can make on FOBTs, amid issues they may damage vulnerable individuals.

Ministers have proposed that bets on the yohaig code makers ought to be cut from an optimum of ₤ 100 a spin to somewhere in between ₤ 2 and ₤ 50.

GVC and Ladbrokes Coral have stated that the review might hit the success of Ladbrokes Coral's UK company.

Ladbrokes Coral brand names:

Ladbrokes, Coral, Gala Casino, Gala Bingo, Eurobet, Betdaq, Sportium

GVC brand names:
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Bwin, Sportingbet, Betboo, Gamebookers, Partypoker, Partycasino, CasinoClub, Gioco Digitale, Foxy Bingo, Foxy Casino

Under the terms of the offer, for each share that Ladbrokes Coral investors own, they will get 32.7 p in cash and 0.141 normal GVC shares, plus a "contingent worth right" worth approximately 42.8 p.

the yohaig code size of this promotion code contingent entitlement will be chosen by the outcome of the DCMS evaluation.

GVC chief executive Kenneth Alexander described the as "a genuinely interesting possibility".
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Ladbrokes Coral chairman John Kelly said the tie-up with GVC would "improve the customer experience, drive much faster online growth and construct a more varied and substantial international portfolio of organizations".

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