DraftKings reportedly submits 20bn offer for Entain

DraftKings is said to have made an offer to purchase Entain for $20bn

DraftKings is said to experience made an proffer to purchase Entain for $20bn.

According to CNBC, the extend is mostly in stock, on with cash, and represents the incredible development DraftKings has enjoyed inwards recent years.

Since acquiring SBTech and going public via a special aim acquisition company, DraftKings has seen its securities industry capitalisation surge – and it will follow really interesting so to ensure how Entain responds to this offer.

A in series(p) acquirer of brands itself, Entain earliest this twelvemonth rejected a takeover offer from MGM Resorts International.

MGM Resorts also has a marijuana cigarette embark with Entain inward the US: BetMGM.

Entain has confirmed it has received a takeover bid from the operator, “the thoughtfulness for which would include a compounding of DraftKings inventory and cash."As word broke, DraftKings' percentage terms sat at $53.65, patch Entain's inventory was valued at £22.27 ($30.40). This, however, is an all-time high up for Entain and reports of DraftKings' interestingness experience clear spurred this increase on still further.

A combining 'tween the II would live fascinating and would make a fireball within the industry, given a chief contender of DraftKings' is FanDuel, which is owned by Flutter Entertainment.

Entain operates inward markets crossways the world, prominently so inwards the UK, US and Australia.

DraftKings, until its takeover of SBTech, was solely focused on the US and its revenue streams remain US-dominant.

The tender made before this twelvemonth by MGM Resorts was said to be worth $11bn and Entain believed this bid significantly undervalued the company.

If these reports turn out accurate, how will the industry giant respond to this new, larger tender from DraftKings, a firm that is a replete(p) eighter years jr. than Entain itself?

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