{"id":47826,"date":"2021-12-09T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=47826"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:13:37","slug":"blackstone-considers-e3-billion-ipo-for-cirsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/blackstone-considers-e3-billion-ipo-for-cirsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackstone Considers \u20ac3 billion IPO For Cirsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-31426\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shares-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shares-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shares-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shares.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Blackstone the private equity firm that is currently discussing a takeover of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts for $6.2 billion has announced it is to offer a public listing to another of its businesses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to reports in Spain the giant equity firm has hired investment bank Lazard to look at listing Spanish gambling company Cirsa, which has betting shops and casinos in the country and in South America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Back in 2018 Blackstone acquired the gambling company for \u20ac2 billion. Cirsa was founded back in 1978 by Manuel Lao Hern\u00e1ndez who is one of the richest people in Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The gambling company has 147 casinos, 178 gaming halls, 70 bingo halls, 2,000 betting shops and 75,000 gaming machines spread across Spain, Italy and Central and South America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is not certain that the IPO will go ahead but if it does would mark a sizeable profit for the equity company as it is expected to raise up to \u20ac3 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackstone the private equity firm that is currently discussing a takeover of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts for $6.2 billion has announced it is to offer a public listing to another of its businesses. 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