Amaya Gaming Reportedly Near Deal for PokerStars Owner
June 12 2014 - 04:50PM
Dow Jones News
Amaya Gaming Group Inc. (AYA.T) is near an agreement to purchase
Rational Group, the owner of PokerStars, Bloomberg News reported
Thursday, citing two people with knowledge of the situation.
Blackstone Group LP's (BX) GSO Capital Partners is arranging
more than $1 billion of financing for the potential deal, Bloomberg
reported.
According to the report, the possible acquisition was reported
in May by CalvinAyre.com.
Full story at
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-12/amaya-gaming-said-near-deal-to-acquire-gambling-site-pokerstars.html
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