{"id":43132,"date":"2020-09-22T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=43132"},"modified":"2020-09-27T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T18:42:07","slug":"investment-activist-buys-major-stake-in-william-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/investment-activist-buys-major-stake-in-william-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment Activist Buys Major Stake In William Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rumours of a sale of British Bookmaker William Hill<\/a> have grown following the purchase of over 5% of its stock to US activist investor HG Vora Capital Management.<\/p>\n

So far the activist investment firm has acquired 5.1% of the stock valued at \u00a3115 million, HG Vora and well known for its involvement in companies and then pushing for sales and mergers. Indeed the same activist company bought a 55 stake in Caesars Entertainment and pushed hard for that company to look for opportunities, as it turned out Caesars were acquired by Eldorado Resorts in a deal worth \u00a313.6billion.<\/p>\n

Even before HG Vora involved itself with Caesars it purchased a stake in both Penn National Gaming and Pinnacle Entertainment and following this both companies merged to create a much larger casino operator.<\/p>\n

Interestingly Caesars and William Hill<\/a> are partners in the US for sports betting products and William Hill has enjoyed great expansion in the US which is opening up state by state to sports betting.<\/p>\n

HG Vora also has a major investment in Gamesys at 10% which is the owner of brands such as Jackpotjoy.<\/p>\n

Gaming Analyst\u2019s consider a merger or sale of William Hill to Caesars as a good move for both companies but at present both William Hill and HG Vora have not made any comment on the latest share deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rumours of a sale of British Bookmaker William Hill have grown following the purchase of over 5% of its stock to US activist investor HG Vora Capital Management. 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