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Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by vinnyglennon on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:13PM (#17085516)
Awesome. Fantasytote.com is another Irish service in same fantasy football gambling space having players against each other using a tote, rather than the house setting the odds.
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by klondike_ on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @07:10PM (#17087198)
FanDuel claims not to be gambling yet they're being bought out by a gambling company. Interesting
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by anoncoward111 on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:06PM (#17087483)
well, i mean, my opinion is that FanDuel is in fact a gambling company, but unalligned businesses do acquisitions all the time

I mean an e-commerce site literally bought a brick and mortar grocery store because it had the money

Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by bantonj on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:45PM (#17085254)
This is probably the first of many sports gambling related moves.
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by ruairidhwm on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @04:53PM (#17086388)
Another big win for Edinburgh's tech scene :)
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by bmlevy9 on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:33PM (#17085140)
What do you guys think of this?
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by mark-ruwt on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:36PM (#17085161)
It's the first of many. Companies have been circling for years, prepping for access to the US market.
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by SteveNuts on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:35PM (#17085158)
I'm surprised it's not in the billions, to be honest.
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by jonknee on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:52PM (#17085312)
Why? They don't have some special access to gambling that others don't and are known for losing phenomenal amounts of money.
Re:European gambling company in talks to buy FanDuel for $700M by sjg007 on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:35PM (#17085154)
huge.. this is a big deal.